1. Career
    Border Bulldogs  Griffons 

2. References

Vuyo Mbotho (born {{birth date|1988|09|28|df=y}} in King William's Town, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the {{Rut SWD Eagles}}.^[1] His regular position is winger, but he has on occasion played as a fullback or outside centre.

Career

Border Bulldogs

He made his first class debut for East London-based side {{Rut Border Bulldogs}} during the 2011 Vodacom Cup, starting in their opening round match against the {{Rut Sharks XV}} in Durban.^[2] He made a total of six appearances during the competition and opened his scoring by scoring a try early in the second half in their match against the {{Rut SWD Eagles}} in Beaufort West.^[3]

In 2011, he was included in the {{Rut Border Bulldogs}} squad for the 2011 Currie Cup First Division. He started their first match of the season against the {{Rut Boland Cavaliers}} in Wellington to make his Currie Cup debut.^[4] He played in all ten of their matches during the season and scored five tries – two of those in a match against the {{Rut Eastern Province Kings}} in Port Elizabeth^[5] – to finish as the Bulldogs' joint-top try scorer with Ntabeni Dukisa.^[6]

At the start of 2012, he was selected for a Southern Kings side that played a trial match against the {{Rut Cheetahs}} prior to the latter's 2012 Super Rugby season, scoring two tries in a 33–20 defeat.^[7] He returned to action for the Bulldogs in the 2012 Vodacom Cup, scoring a single try in six starts, and made a further three appearances in the 2012 Currie Cup First Division.

Griffons

For the 2013 season, Mbotho made the move to Welkom to join the {{Rut Griffons}}. He immediately became a regular in the side, starting all seven their matches during the 2013 Vodacom Cup competition, scoring tries in their matches against the {{Rut Golden Lions}}^[8] and the {{Rut Falcons}}.^[9] He played nine times for the side during the 2013 Currie Cup First Division season, failing to score any points as the Griffons finished in sixth spot.

He once again started all their matches in the 2014 Vodacom Cup and made a further five appearances during the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament, where the Griffons finished third to qualify for the 2014 Currie Cup First Division. He was a key member of their First Division-winning side. He played in the final and helped the Griffons win the match 23–21^[10] to win their first trophy for six years.^[11]

References

• First intercolonial match in Australia
• First Intermediate period
• First International Conference of Socialist Women
• First International Conference on the World Wide Web
• First International Eugenics Congress
• First Internet Strike of Nepal
• First Interstate
• First Investors Corporation
• First Ion C. Brătianu cabinet
• First Ion Ghica cabinet
• First Ion I. C. Brătianu cabinet
• First IPL season
• First Iraqi Civil War
• First Iraq War
• First Isabela Cooperative Bank
• First Islamic Caliphate
• First Islamic Investment Bank
• First Islamic Investment Bank of Bahrain
• First Island School
• First Israeli elections
• First Jacobite rising
• First Jacobite rising (1689-92)
• First Jacobite rising (1689–92)
• First Jesuit Pope
• First Jesuit pope