Lizo Gqoboka

Who is Lizo Gqoboka?

Lizo Pumzile Gqoboka is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Eastern Province Kings.

His high school in Tabankulu did not play rugby and he only started playing the sport aged 19 when he joined Durban Collegians Sports Club. He started off playing as a Number Eight, but eventually moved to prop. He played for the Eastern Province Kings in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship and earned a call-up to their 2012 Vodacom Cup squad.

He made his first team debut against Border Bulldogs on 16 March 2012, coming on as a late substitute. He earned his first start against Free State Cheetahs a fortnight later. He was initially named in the Kings squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season, but was later released to the 2013 Vodacom Cup squad.

With the Kings not playing Super Rugby in 2014, Gqoboka – along with George Whitehead – joined the Sharks for pre-season training prior to the 2014 Super Rugby season.

In 2014, he was selected in the starting line-up for the Eastern Province Kings side to face Wales during a tour match during a 2014 incoming tour. He played for almost an hour in the match as the Kings suffered a 12–34 defeat.