Donald Kudangirana

{{short description|Zimbabwean rugby league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

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|club1 = Dewsbury Rams

|year1start = 2016

|year1end = 17

|appearances1 = 2

|tries1 = 0

|goals1 = 0

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|points1 = 0

|club2 = {{nowrap|→ Hemel Stags}}

|year2start = 2016(loan)

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| club3 = {{nowrap|London Skolars}}

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| appearances3 = 8

| tries3 = 4

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| points3 = 8

| club4 = {{nowrap|Hunslet RLFC}}

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|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/donald-kudangirana/summary.html Rugby League Project][http://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Donald--Kudangirana-/ loverugbyleague]{{rugby league records|id=1637}}

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Donald Kudangirana is a Zimbabwean professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for Hunslet RLFC in the RFL League 1. {{Cite web |title=London Skolars » Skolars vs Dewsbury Match Report |url=https://www.skolarsrl.com/2023/05/02/skolars-vs-dewsbury-match-report/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.skolarsrl.com}} and previously Dewsbury Rams in the Kingstone Press Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.dewsburyrams.co.uk/news/article/49589/club-statement-reserves-team|title=Club Statement: Reserves team|publisher=Dewsbury Reporter|date=10 May 2016|accessdate=23 September 2016}}

Kudangirana had previously spent time on loan at the Hemel Stags in Kingstone Press League 1.{{cite web|url=http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/sport/more-sport/positives-for-hemel-stags-despite-heavy-rochdale-defeat-1-7452324|title=Positives for Hemel Stags despite heavy Rochdale defeat|publisher=Hemel Today|date=28 June 2016|accessdate=23 September 2016}}

In 2018 Kudangirana was handed a three-year and seven-month doping ban for testing positive for banned substances dostanolone and testosterone in 2016. {{Cite news |title=Ex-Dewsbury player handed doping ban |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/42558858 |access-date=2023-06-02}}