{{Short description|South African rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Tiger Mangweni | image = | fullname = Siyabonga Mangweni | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|06|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Nxaruni, [[East London, Eastern Cape|East London]] | height = {{height|m=1.76}} | weight = {{cvt|90|kg|lb stlb}} | occupation = | school = [[Ntsonkotha Senior Secondary School]] | university = | relatives = | position = | currentclub = {{Rut|Border Bulldogs}} | years1 = 2001–2005 | clubs1 = {{Rut|Border Bulldogs}} | apps1 = 63 | points1 = 203 | years2 = 2005 | clubs2 = {{Rut|Stormers}} | apps2 = 2 | points2 = 0 | years3 = 2005–2007 | clubs3 = {{Rut|Griquas}} | apps3 = 22 | points3 = 28 | years4 = 2007 | clubs4 = {{Rut|Cheetahs}} | apps4 = 7 | points4 = 5 | years5 = 2008–2010 | clubs5 = {{Rut|Bulls}} | apps5 = 1 | points5 = 0 | years6 = 2008–2010 | clubs6 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}} | apps6 = 46 | points6 = 78 | years7 = 2010–2014 | clubs7 = {{Rut|Eastern Province Kings}} | apps7 = 68 | points7 = 55 | repyears1 = 2004 | repteam1 = South Africa 'A' | repcaps1 = 2 | reppoints1 = 0 | repyears2 = 2009 | repteam2 = [[Southern Kings]] | repcaps2 = 1 | reppoints2 = 0 | coachyears1 = 2014–2015 | coachteams1 = {{Rut|Eastern Province Kings}} ''(defensive coach)'' | coachyears2 = 2016–present | coachteams2 = {{Rut|Border Bulldogs}} ''(defensive coach)'' | clubupdate = 31 March 2016 | repupdate = 23 February 2013 }} '''Siyabonga''' "'''Tiger'''" '''Mangweni''' (born 20 June 1980) is a South African former [[rugby union]] footballer and currently a coach at the {{Rut|Border Bulldogs}}.<ref name="Player Profile Tiger Mangweni">{{SA Rugby Player Profile | id=22739 | name=Tiger Mangweni | date=10 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Player Profile Tiger Mangweni (2)">{{cite web | work=worldartists.co.za | url=http://www.worldartists.co.za/page/clients/604160-Tiger-Mangweni | title=Tiger Mangweni | access-date=3 January 2011}}</ref>
==Playing career==
He started his career at the {{Rut|Border Bulldogs}} and got called into the [[Stormers]] [[Super Rugby]] squad as a Bulldogs player. He then had a short stint at {{Rut|Western Province}}, before moving to {{Rut|Griquas}}, where he also represented the [[Cheetahs (rugby union)|Cheetahs]] in [[Super Rugby]]. In 2008, he moved to the {{Rut|Blue Bulls}} and also played for the [[Bulls (rugby)|Bulls]] in [[Super Rugby]].
He was part of the Blue Bulls team who won the 2008 Vodacom Cup title against the Lions.
In 2009, he was a member of the Southern Kings team that played in the [[2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa]].
In 2010, he was released by the {{Rut|Blue Bulls}} to join the {{Rut|Eastern Province Kings}} for the [[2010 Currie Cup First Division]] campaign. He was named in the {{Rut|Southern Kings}} wider training squad for the [[2013 Super Rugby season]], but was subsequently released to the Vodacom Cup squad.<ref name="Kings het geen plek vir Tiger">{{cite web | url=http://www.beeld.com/Sport/Rugby/Kings-het-geen-plek-vir-Tiger-20130107 | title=Kings het geen plek vir Tiger | publisher=Media24 | work=Beeld | date=7 January 2013 | access-date=7 January 2013 | author=Green, Michael | language=af }}</ref>
==Coaching==
He retired as a player at the end of the 2013 season and was appointed the defensive coach for the EP Kings' [[Vodacom Cup]] side.<ref name="Mangweni joins Eastern Province Rugby coaching staff">{{cite press release | url=http://www.easternprovincerugby.com/news/mangweni-joins-eastern-province-rugby-coaching-staff | title=Mangweni joins Eastern Province Rugby coaching staff | publisher=Eastern Province Kings | date=7 January 2014 | access-date=7 January 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107165815/http://www.easternprovincerugby.com/news/mangweni-joins-eastern-province-rugby-coaching-staff | archive-date=7 January 2014 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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