New career for banned EP flank

Port Elizabeth - Former EP Kings flank Siyanda Mangaliso, who was banned from rugby for doping in 2013, has managed to find an alternative career through his players’ organisation.

Mangaliso was recognised as one of the top talents emerging through the Eastern Province rugby ranks. After impressing as a junior player at Grey High in Port Elizabeth and for the EP age-group teams in 2008 and 2009, he found opportunity in the union’s senior squad following a brief stint at Free State.

He made a notable impact in the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup First Division in 2013. However, Mangaliso tested positive for an illegal substance that same year and was slapped with a two-year ban from all rugby.