Mzwandile Stick


Mzwandile Wanky Stick is a South African former rugby union footballer, and currently the backline coach for the South African national rugby union team.

Playing career

He captained the South Africa sevens team during the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series, which saw the team win the series title for the first time. His favoured position was full-back. He came off the bench for a Southern Kings XV against British and Irish Lions during the 2009 tour to South Africa.
He was named in the wider training squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season, but was subsequently released to the Vodacom Cup squad.

Coaching

He was named the Under-21 Assistant Coach in 2013. He became the head coach of the team and their Vodacom Cup team for 2014 and 2015, guiding the Under-19s to their first ever Under-19 Provincial Championship title in 2015.
In December 2015, he was appointed as the backline coach of the Super Rugby team for the 2016 Super Rugby season,
and joined the South Africa national rugby union team in the same capacity in April 2016.