Ivan Magomu

Ivan Magomu (born 6 September 1993) is a Ugandan rugby union player who plays as flyhalf for Black Pirates Rugby Club in the country's top tier rugby premier league and the men's fifteens rugby national team, the Uganda national rugby union team known as the Uganda Rugby Cranes. He is the captain of the Black Pirates Rugby Club, a role he has served since 2018. Ahead of the 2021 Rugby Africa Cup, Magomu was named captain of the Uganda national rugby union team.[1]

He has also previously played for the Uganda national rugby sevens team and featured at the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 in San Francisco, USA.[2]

Magomu has been described as one of the best flyhalves Uganda has ever produced, and has been compared to 2007 Africa Cup champion Edmond Tumusiime who has since admitted that Magomu is miles better than he was.[3]

Professional career

Magomu holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Uganda Christian University and is currently undergoing his bar course at the Uganda Law Development Center. In 2021, he was named as a member of the legal commission[4] of the Uganda Olympic Committee. Magomu is the current Captain of Uganda national rugby union team[5]

References
  1. "Ivan Magomu named Uganda Rugby Cranes captain". Kawowo Sports. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. Kazibwe, Edgar (20 July 2018). "Uganda's final squad for 2018 Rugby Sevens World Cup confirmed ahead of kick-off". Kawowo Sports.
  3. "Magomu miles better than I was, admits Tumusiime". Daily Monitor.
  4. "Commissions". Uganda Olympic Committee | Commonwealth Games Association Uganda.
  5. Ivan Magomu confirmed as the new Uganda Rugby Cranes captain Ndibba Updates
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