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| Full name | Trevor Ntando Nyakane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1989-05-04)4 May 1989 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 121 kg (267 lb; 19 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hoërskool Ben Vorster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trevor Ntando Nyakane (born 4 May 1989) is a South African professionalrugby union player who currently plays for theSharks in theUnited Rugby Championship and also theSouth Africa national rugby team, His regular playing position isprop and he has the ability to play at both loosehead and tighthead.[1]
Nyakane attended school inLimpopo top rugby school Ben Vorster where he played for the first team for two years. He was chosen to represent Limpopo at the Grant Khomo, and Craven Weeks tournaments in 2006 and 2007.[citation needed]
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Nyakane currently represents theSharks. He has amassed more than 50 senior appearances in all senior competitions.[2][3][4]
He attended his primary school in laerskool Gravelotte in Limpopo.[citation needed]
Nyakane was first named in theSpringbok squad ahead of the2013 mid-year rugby union tests.[5]
He made his international debut on 8 June as a 73rd minute replacement forTendai Mtawarira inSouth Africa's 44-10 victory overItaly inDurban.[6] On 22 June 2013 he scored his first test try, againstSamoa, inPretoria. With South Africa already leading 49-23, Nyakane's 80th minute score completed a comprehensive victory.[7]
Nyakane was named in South Africa's squad for the2019 Rugby World Cup.[8] However he had to withdraw through injury in the pool stage and was replaced byThomas du Toit.[9] South Africa went on to win the tournament, defeatingEngland in the final.[10]
Nyakane was included in theSouth Africa A team to face the British and Irish Lions as a warm up match. The Team was Captained byLukhanyo Am and had other members of the 2019 World Cup winning side. The match was an exhibition match that didn't count towards a Test cap, but was won by the South African A side.
Nyakane started at tighthead prop for the opening test of the2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa. Injury toOx Nché in that first test led Nyakane to switch roles to become the replacement loosehead prop for the subsequent two tests of the series. Despite not having played at loosehead prop for the Springboks since 2016, Nyakane's scrummaging earned the Springboks a number of crucial scrum penalties in the later half of the remaining games which saw the South Africans winning the series.[11]
Nyakane was also part of the Bomb Squad in the 2019 World Cup based on the 6/2 split of the bench and in 2023 was also an inaugural member of the Nuke Squad based on a 7/1 split of the bench when the Springboks gave the All Blacks their worst loss in modern day rugby history 35-7 at Twickenham, just before the 2023 World Cup. The test was billed asQatar Airways Cup
Trevor played a number of matches in the2023 Rugby World Cup as well as the final.
In 2025, Nyakane underwent surgery to repair a ruptured achilles tendon.[12]
| Against | P | W | D | L | Tri | Pts | %Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.89 |
 Australia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| British and Irish Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
 England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
 France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
 Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
 Italy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
 Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
 New Zealand | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
 Samoa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 100 |
 Scotland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
 United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
 Wales | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Total | 51 | 29 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 59.8 |
Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points Scored
| Try | Opposing team | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samoa | Pretoria, South Africa | Loftus Versfeld | Mid-year rugby test series | 22 June 2013 | Won 56–23 |
