Sako Makata

Sakoyisa Makata (born (1998-09-10)10 September 1998) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team, where his regular position is a forward.

Sako Makata

Full name	Sakoyisa Makata
Date of birth	(1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 26)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	103 kg (227 lb)
School	Stirling High School, East London
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Current team Griquas Youth career 2016 Border Bulldogs 2017–2018 Western Province Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2023– Griquas () Correct as of 18 April 2019 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2019–present South Africa Sevens 16 (60) Correct as of 18 April 2019
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  South Africa Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team competition

Biography

Makata attended Stirling High School in East London, where he played rugby for the school's first team, also representing Border at the Under-18 Craven Week in 2016.^[1] He joined the SA Rugby Sevens Academy in 2017 and also played for Western Province U19 in the 2017 Under-19 Provincial Championship^[2] and for Western Province U21 in the 2018 Under-21 Provincial Championship.^[3]

After playing for the Sevens Academy side from 2017 to 2019, Makata was also included in the South Africa national sevens squad prior to the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.^[4] In February 2019, He was named in the Blitzboks squad for the Las Vegas Sevens,^[1] and he made his debut in their opening match in that tournament, a 26–0 victory over Japan.^[5]

Makata was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham in 2022.^[6][7][8][9]