Madosh Tambwe

{{Infobox rugby union biography

| name = Madosh Tambwe

| image = Madosh Tambwe 2022.jpg

| caption = Tambwe with Bordeaux Bègles in 2022

| fullname = Madosha Michael Tambwe

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|05|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kinshasa, Zaire

| height = {{height|m=1.86}}

| weight = {{cvt|92|kg|lb stlb}}

| nickname =

| occupation =

| school = Parktown Boys' High School, Johannesburg

| university =

| relatives =

| position = Winger

| currentclub = {{Rut|Montpellier}}

| youthyears1 = 2015–2018

| youthclubs1 = Golden Lions

| years1 = 2017–2018

| clubs1 = {{Rut|Lions}}

| apps1 = 13

| points1 = 45

| years2 = 2017–2019

| clubs2 = {{Rut|Golden Lions XV}}

| apps2 = 13

| points2 = 55

| years3 = 2017–2019

| clubs3 = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}

| apps3 = 16

| points3 = 50

| years4 = 2020

| clubs4 = {{Rut|Sharks}}

| apps4 = 7

| points4 = 25

| years5 = 2020

| clubs5 = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)|CC=y}}

| apps5 = 2

| points5 = 0

| years6 = 2021–2022

| clubs6 = {{Rut|Bulls}}

| apps6 = 27

| points6 = 60

| years7 = 2021–2022

| clubs7 = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}

| apps7 = 9

| points7 = 20

| years8 = 2022–2024

| clubs8 = {{Rut|Bordeaux Bègles}}

| apps8 = 35

| points8 = 95

| years9 = 2024–

| clubs9 = {{Rut|Montpellier}}

| apps9 = 12

| points9 = 20

| clubupdate = 19 December 2024

}}

Madosha Michael Tambwe (born 12 May 1997) is a South African rugby union player for Montpellier. He usually plays as a winger.

Early life

Tambwe was born in Kinshasa, Zaire, a few days before the end of the First Congo War that resulted in the country's name being changed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{cite web | url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aaab48.html | title=Zaire: Information on events that occurred between 16 and 24 May 1997, including the rebel takeover | publisher=Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | work=RefWorld | date=1 June 1997 | access-date=21 March 2017}}

He grew up in Johannesburg in South Africa, where he attended and played first team rugby for Parktown Boys' High School.{{cite news|url=https://www.rugby15.co.za/big-scores-were-the-order-of-the-day-at-the-st-johns-college-rugby-festival/ |title=Big scores were the order of the day at the St John's College Rugby Festival |work=Rugby15 |date=24 March 2016 |access-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321131708/http://www.rugby15.co.za/2016/03/big-scores-were-the-order-of-the-day-at-the-st-johns-college-rugby-festival |archive-date=21 March 2017 |url-status=live }}

Career

=Golden Lions=

In 2015, he was called up to the {{Rut|Golden Lions}} squad for South Africa's premier high school rugby union tournament, the Under-18 Craven Week.{{SA Rugby Squad | teamid=29294 | team=Golden Lions U18 | compid=2584 | comp=2015 U18 Craven Week | accessdate=21 March 2017}} He started two of their matches, and scored two tries in their final match of the competition, a 47–29 victory over the {{Rut|Griffons}}.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=153754 | homeid=29294 | awayid=27534 | leagueid=2584 | hometeam=Golden Lions U18 | homescore=47 | awayscore=29 | awayteam=Griffons U18 | matchdate=18 July 2015 | date=21 March 2017}}

He was included in the {{Rut|Golden Lions U19}} squad for the 2016 Under-19 Provincial Championship.{{SA Rugby Squad | teamid=32054 | team=Golden Lions U19 | compid=2874 | comp=2016 SA Rugby U19 Provincial Champs | accessdate=21 March 2017}} Despite starting just four of his side's fourteen matches and playing off the bench on seven occasions, Tambwe scored 16 tries to finish as the competition's top try scorer.{{SA Rugby Try Scorers | id=2874 | comp=2016 SA Rugby U19 Provincial Champs | date=21 March 2017}} Twelve of his tries came during the regular season – four in their match against defending champions {{Rut|Eastern Province U19}} in a 59–5 win,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=162744 | homeid=32024 | awayid=32054 | leagueid=2874 | hometeam=EP U19 | homescore=5 | awayscore=59 | awayteam=Golden Lions U19 | matchdate=24 September 2016 | date=21 March 2017}} two each in matches against {{Rut|Sharks U19}}{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=162494 | homeid=32034 | awayid=32054 | leagueid=2874 | hometeam=Sharks U19 | homescore=12 | awayscore=52 | awayteam=Golden Lions U19 | matchdate=22 July 2016 | date=21 March 2017}} and {{Rut|Leopards U19}}{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=162554 | homeid=32054 | awayid=32044 | leagueid=2874 | hometeam=Golden Lions U19 | homescore=75 | awayscore=19 | awayteam=Leopards U19 | matchdate=13 August 2016 | date=21 March 2017}} and further tries in matches against {{Rut|Free State U19}},{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=162434 | homeid=32054 | awayid=32014 | leagueid=2874 | hometeam=Golden Lions U19 | homescore=22 | awayscore=30 | awayteam=Free State U19 | matchdate=8 July 2016 | date=21 March 2017}} Eastern Province,{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=162524 | homeid=32054 | awayid=32024 | leagueid=2874 | hometeam=Golden Lions U19 | homescore=52 | awayscore=30 | awayteam=EP U19 | matchdate=5 August 2016 | date=21 March 2017}} {{Rut|Western Province U19}}{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=162614 | homeid=32054 | awayid=32064 | leagueid=2874 | hometeam=Golden Lions U19 | homescore=43 | awayscore=36 | awayteam=WP U19 | matchdate=26 August 2016 | date=21 March 2017}} and the Sharks{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=162714 | homeid=32054 | awayid=32034 | leagueid=2874 | hometeam=Golden Lions U19 | homescore=71 | awayscore=19 | awayteam=Sharks U19 | matchdate=16 September 2016 | date=21 March 2017}} – to help the Golden Lions to third spot on the log and a semi-final berth.{{SA Rugby Log | id=2874 | comp=2016 SA Rugby U19 Provincial Champs | date=21 March 2017}} He scored his thirteenth try of the season in a 34–24 victory over trans-Jukskei rivals the {{Rut|Blue Bulls U19}}s in the semi-final{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=167464 | homeid=32004 | awayid=32054 | leagueid=2874 | hometeam=Blue Bulls U19 | homescore=24 | awayscore=34 | awayteam=Golden Lions U19 | matchdate=15 October 2016 | date=21 March 2017}} and rounded off his season with a hat-trick in the final against Western Province, as his side won 60–19 to be crowned champions of the competition.{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=167404 | homeid=32064 | awayid=32054 | leagueid=2874 | hometeam=WP U19 | homescore=19 | awayscore=60 | awayteam=Golden Lions U19 | matchdate=22 October 2016 | date=21 March 2017}}

=Lions=

At the start of 2017, Tambwe was included in the {{Rut|Lions}} squad for the 2017 Super Rugby season,{{cite news|url=http://www.rugby365.com/tournaments/super-rugby/77392 |title=Lions bulk up on Springboks |work=Rugby365 |date=16 February 2017 |access-date=16 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309210111/http://www.rugby365.com/tournaments/super-rugby/77392 |archive-date=9 March 2017 |url-status=live }} and he was named in the starting line-up of their Round Four match against Australian side the {{Rut|Reds}},{{cite news|url=http://citizen.co.za/sport/sport-rugby/1460283/madosh-tambwe-has-the-lions-roaring-for-a-specific-reason |title=Madosh Tambwe has the Lions roaring for a specific reason |work=The Citizen |date=17 March 2017 |access-date=21 March 2017 }} playing the entire 80 minutes of a 44–14 victory.{{cite web | url=http://www.sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/match-centre/?season=2017&competition=205&match=517046 | title=Match Centre: Lions 44-14 Reds | work=SANZAAR | date=18 March 2017 | access-date=21 March 2017}} Tambwe scored his first points in Round Five against the Kings with two tries. In the 2018 Super Rugby season Tambwe scored four tries in one game against the Stormers in Round Eight, getting a hat-trick within just thirteen minutes, the quickest hat-trick in Super Rugby history. On 13 July 2019, Tambwe scored four tries against the Griquas at Ellis Park in round one of the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division.

=Sharks=

At the beginning of the 2020 Super Rugby season, Tambwe signed for the Cell C Sharks and has featured regularly since in both the original Super Rugby and the South African only version, Super Rugby Unlocked.

=Bulls=

On the 19th of February 2021, the Vodacom Blue Bulls announced that Tambwe had signed for the side from the Sharks. On the 22nd of June 2022, Tambwe had announced his departure from the Vodacom Blue Bulls after a year's tenure.{{Cite web |last=Coetzee |first=Dylan |date=2022-06-15 |title=URC: ‘Tremendous’ Jake White brings out the best in Madosh Tambwe |url=https://www.planetrugby.com/united-rugby-championship-tremendous-jake-white-brings-out-the-best-in-madosh-tambwe |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=PlanetRugby |language=en}}

=Bordeaux Bègles=

On 26 July 2022, Bordeaux Bègles announced that Tambwe would join the club for the upcoming season.{{Cite web |title=L'UBB officialise huit recrues dont Sipili Falatea, Caleb Timu et Madosh Tambwe |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/L-ubb-officialise-huit-recrues-dont-sipili-falatea-caleb-timu-et-madosh-tambwe/1345329 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}} He made his Top 14 debut on 4 September 2022 against Toulouse, scoring two tries in the first half of the match.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-04 |title=EN DIRECT - Top 14 : à la mi-temps, l'UBB mène 3 essais à 0 face au Stade Toulousain (22 à 9) |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/rugby/en-direct-top-14-suivez-ubb-stade-toulousain-sur-france-bleu-occitanie-1662212537 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}