{"id":816371,"date":"2026-10-28T09:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T09:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816371\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T09:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T09:50:13","slug":"springbok-star-bongi-mbonambi-departs-club-with-immediate-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816371\/","title":{"rendered":"Springbok star Bongi Mbonambi departs club with immediate effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Springboks hooker Bongi Mbonambi is reportedly set to leave the Sharks with immediate effect ahead of a shock return to the Stormers.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/sport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News24<\/a>, the double World Cup winner will join the Cape Town side on Wednesday, October 28.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old&#8217;s future in Durban had already been thrown into doubt following an alleged breach of team rules.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/springboks-rugby-news\/uncertain-future-springboks-star-bongi-mbonambi-faces-contract-termination\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RUCK reported earlier this month<\/a>, Mbonambi was facing the possible termination of his contract following a lengthy disciplinary process.<\/p>\n<p>He had also been left out of training and matchday squads despite reportedly being fit to play.<\/p>\n<p>Bongi Mbonambi set for Stormers return<\/p>\n<p>The alleged incident took place during a pre-season team-building trip, where several Sharks players reportedly broke team rules.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach JP Pietersen previously refused to discuss Mbonambi&#8217;s absence.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bongi is obviously not available. There is no comment on Bongi.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, the veteran appears set for a fresh start at his former club.<\/p>\n<p>Mbonambi spent six seasons with the Stormers before joining the Sharks in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>His return would provide a huge boost for the Cape Town side, who are currently dealing with an injury crisis at hooker.<\/p>\n<p>The move could also help revive his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/springboks-rugby-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Springboks<\/a> hopes ahead of the 2027 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Neither club has officially confirmed the transfer or the terms of his departure.<\/p>\n<p>However, News24 reports that Mbonambi is expected to link up with the Stormers this week.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6\u00a0Pick\u00a0Your\u00a0Springboks\u00a0XV<\/p>\n<p>Think you can do better than Rassie Erasmus?<\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s your turn to play selector. Pick your strongest Springboks starting XV and see how your team compares with thousands of other fans.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Springboks hooker Bongi Mbonambi is reportedly set to leave the Sharks with immediate effect ahead of a shock&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,118921,101,261755,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-816371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-news","tag-sports","tag-springboks-rugby-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}