Nyangweso seeking to preserve family name
Nov 22, 2008
I return to a previous series on exile ruggers. The focus is on Ugandans battling away in the local leagues of first tier rugby playing nations. Today, I present to you a supreme athlete from a famous sporting family — Anthony Nyangweso.
Name: Anthony Nyangweso
Club: Cartha Queens Park RFC(Scotland Div II)
Weight: 89Kgs
Position: Wing
Sibling rivalry
IN THE RUCK WITH PETER OFONG
I return to a previous series on exile ruggers. The focus is on Ugandans battling away in the local leagues of first tier rugby playing nations. Today, I present to you a supreme athlete from a famous sporting family — Anthony Nyangweso.
His father Francis Nyangweso represented Uganda in the Commonwealth Games in the light heavyweight category and is a retired Major General while it is said his mother is a former national team sprinter.
It is no wonder such athletic genes were inherited by the Nyangweso children.
Anthony’s elder brother Dr Leonard Were is an ex-international.
A fearsome and electrifying winger in his heyday before a back injury in a sevens World Cup qualifier forced him out of the game.
Next in line was younger brother Michael ‘Under Taker’ Wandera whose exploits as a flanker for uganda telecom Kobs and the Rugby Cranes was the stuff of legends.
Michael’s premature retirement from international rugby at 27 to concentrate on his career as a lawyer has been one of the biggest losses to Uganda Rugby.
The arrival of Anthony Nyangweso
The Nyangweso family was to unleash yet another star unto the rugby scene, Anthony Nyangweso the youngest of the brothers.
Just like his senior siblings, he was a product of that famous ivy league high school—Namilyango College.
Anthony formally joined Kobs in the 1998 senior six vacation.
One of the highlights of his brief stint in local rugby was Kob’s last gasp 1998 league winning fourth try against a formidable Makerere University Impis — in what has been tagged as one of the greatest come backs in local club rugby history.
Anthony earned one cap for the Rugby Cranes in the Kenya Safari 7’s before leaving for Scotland to pursue his University studies.
He is currently a stalwart at the wing in the Scottish Hydro Electric division II with Glasgow based club Cartha Queens Park RFC were he has rubbed shoulders with Premiership division one stars in cup events.
A highlight of his playing career was his call up in 2006 as a back up player for Celtic league side Glasgow Warriors in a match against Border Rivers in which he scored the final try.
Anthony suffered a freakish injury when he collided with an opponent in 2005. To date, he still remains one of Uganda's highest placed overseas players.
Club: Cartha Queens Park RFC(Scotland Div II)
Weight: 89Kgs
Position: Wing
Sibling rivalry
IN THE RUCK WITH PETER OFONG
I return to a previous series on exile ruggers. The focus is on Ugandans battling away in the local leagues of first tier rugby playing nations. Today, I present to you a supreme athlete from a famous sporting family — Anthony Nyangweso.
His father Francis Nyangweso represented Uganda in the Commonwealth Games in the light heavyweight category and is a retired Major General while it is said his mother is a former national team sprinter.
It is no wonder such athletic genes were inherited by the Nyangweso children.
Anthony’s elder brother Dr Leonard Were is an ex-international.
A fearsome and electrifying winger in his heyday before a back injury in a sevens World Cup qualifier forced him out of the game.
Next in line was younger brother Michael ‘Under Taker’ Wandera whose exploits as a flanker for uganda telecom Kobs and the Rugby Cranes was the stuff of legends.
Michael’s premature retirement from international rugby at 27 to concentrate on his career as a lawyer has been one of the biggest losses to Uganda Rugby.
The arrival of Anthony Nyangweso
The Nyangweso family was to unleash yet another star unto the rugby scene, Anthony Nyangweso the youngest of the brothers.
Just like his senior siblings, he was a product of that famous ivy league high school—Namilyango College.
Anthony formally joined Kobs in the 1998 senior six vacation.
One of the highlights of his brief stint in local rugby was Kob’s last gasp 1998 league winning fourth try against a formidable Makerere University Impis — in what has been tagged as one of the greatest come backs in local club rugby history.
Anthony earned one cap for the Rugby Cranes in the Kenya Safari 7’s before leaving for Scotland to pursue his University studies.
He is currently a stalwart at the wing in the Scottish Hydro Electric division II with Glasgow based club Cartha Queens Park RFC were he has rubbed shoulders with Premiership division one stars in cup events.
A highlight of his playing career was his call up in 2006 as a back up player for Celtic league side Glasgow Warriors in a match against Border Rivers in which he scored the final try.
Anthony suffered a freakish injury when he collided with an opponent in 2005. To date, he still remains one of Uganda's highest placed overseas players.