About Tendai Mtawarira
Tendai Mtawarira (born 1 August 1985) is a Zimbabwean-South African retired professional rugby union player who last played for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby and previously for the South Africa national team and the Sharks in Super Rugby. He was born in Zimbabwe and qualified for South Africa on residency grounds, before later acquiring South African citizenship. Mtawarira, a prop, is known by the nickname Beast. Mtawarira made his debut for South Africa against Wales on 14 June 2008. With 117 caps, he is the most capped prop in South African history and the fourth most capped Springbok of all time behind Eben Etzebeth, Victor Matfield and Bryan Habana. With his 117 caps, Mtawarira is the 17th most capped international forward of all time and the 6th most capped prop of all time. He is also a 2019 Rugby World Cup Winner. He owns a security company in South Africa and a community-based organisation known as The Beast Foundation. A highlight of Mtawarira's career to date came in the first test of the British & Irish Lions tour in 2009. Mtawarira's scrummaging in the final was described as destructive, and South Africa won many scrum penalties. Mtawarira also holds the record for the most Super Rugby caps by a South African with 160 caps.
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