Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu profile: quick facts
- Full name: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
- Position: Flyhalf. The Stormers list him as a utility back, and he can also cover centre and fullback
- Franchise: Stormers, United Rugby Championship, contracted until at least July 2029
- Springbok caps: 26 (221 points), SA Rugby’s count on 9 November 2026
- Test debut: off the bench against Wales at Twickenham, London, 22 June 2024
- Stormers debut: a United Rugby Championship quarter-final in 2022
- Next match: tonight against France in Saint-Denis, kick-off 22:10 SAST
Who is Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu?
Tonight in Paris two men wear the No 10 jersey, and only one of them does it for a living. France’s captain and usual scrumhalf, Antoine Dupont, has been moved to flyhalf for the night. Across from him stands a Cape Town flyhalf by trade, a player SA Rugby now calls a regular starter for the Springboks. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu owns the record for the most points by a Springbok in one Test, has two Rugby Championship titles and was voted players’ player of the year by his fellow professionals in 2025. Here is how he got there.
Early life and background: Cape Town and the age-group teams
Feinberg-Mngomezulu is a Cape Town product. The Stormers list his school as Bishops Diocesan College and call him a product of their own pathway, a talent the franchise identified early. When he signed his latest contract in December 2025, he explained the decision in one line: “Cape Town is home. I grew up supporting this team and I know what it means to the people here.”
The franchise had marked him out long before that. In April 2024 director of rugby John Dobson said that “Sacha has been earmarked as a generational talent since he was a schoolboy”.
SA Rugby lists him as a former Junior Springbok, and the Stormers say he captained the side. In 2022 he toured with the SA ‘A’ team, according to his SA Rugby profile. Beyond that public record, his early years are his own.
Franchise career: the Stormers
His senior debut came in the deep end. The Stormers say he first played for them in a United Rugby Championship quarter-final in 2022. A year later, by the club’s account, he led Western Province’s under-21 side to a national title.
In April 2024 the Stormers extended his contract to at least 2027, describing “an ace goalkicker with incredible ball skills and attacking instincts” who could also impose himself physically, with or without the ball.
The 2024/25 season was his breakout. In June 2025 he was named South Africa’s URC Player of the Season, ahead of the Bulls pair Cameron Hanekom and Wilco Louw. TimesLIVE and Business Day both credited the way he dictated play and his part in the team’s goal-kicking.
Interest from overseas clubs followed, the Stormers acknowledged, and on 20 December 2025 they announced a long-term extension that keeps him in Cape Town until at least July 2029. He was at 10 again on 24 October 2026, starting a 52-40 win over the Scarlets at DHL Stadium, the club’s match report shows.
International career
A long-range debut at Twickenham, 2024
Rassie Erasmus named four uncapped players for the one-off Test against Wales at Twickenham on 22 June 2024. Feinberg-Mngomezulu sat on the bench as a back who could cover flyhalf, centre and fullback, TimesLIVE reported. He waited more than an hour for his chance, the Weekend Argus noted, then struck a penalty from inside his own half, Planet Rugby reported, as South Africa won 41-13.
He came off the bench in each of the Boks’ first four Tests of 2024, against Wales, Ireland twice and Portugal, according to the Sunday Tribune. Then Erasmus gave him the 10 jersey for the Rugby Championship opener against Australia in Brisbane on 10 August. “Sacha has made a notable impact off the bench in all four Tests he has played so far, and he’s slotted into the system with ease,” the coach said, as reported by the Sunday Tribune. South Africa won 33-7, and he kicked four conversions.
SA Rugby later named him its Young Player of the Year for 2024, and the Stormers add that he was nominated for World Rugby’s Breakthrough Player of the Year award.
The record, and a second title, in 2025
Saturday 27 September 2025 is the date that will follow him around. Against Argentina in Durban, in a match the Boks needed to take control of the Rugby Championship, he scored 37 points: three tries, eight conversions and two penalties in a 67-30 bonus-point win. They were his first Test tries. Daily Maverick described how one conversion took him level with Percy Montgomery’s Springbok record of 35 points in a Test, and how the conversion of Pieter-Steph du Toit’s second try, on the stroke of full-time, made the record his alone.
A week later at Twickenham he started at flyhalf as South Africa beat Argentina 29-27 to retain the title, kicking three conversions and a penalty. Daily Maverick noted it was the first time the Springboks had won back-to-back Rugby Championship titles.
The November tour showed the rest of his game. Japan came first, at Wembley on 1 November: two first-half tries and 16 points in a 61-7 win. A week later in Paris, with the Boks down to 14 men for the second half after Lood de Jager’s red card, he scored a try and finished with 17 points in a 32-17 win over France, according to AFP and OFM. Dupont was not in the French side that night. Our Springboks v France stats piece puts that win in the context of the Boks’ record in Paris.
Planet Rugby’s review of his year counts 11 Tests in 2025, eight as a starter, with South Africa winning every Test in which he wore 10, and nine tries, a total it says broke the record for the most by a Springbok flyhalf. His peers noticed: in December 2025 he was named the MyPlayers Players’ Player of the Year, an award voted for by professional players across South Africa, SABC Sport reported.
2026 and the Nations Championship
When SA Rugby picked its group for the Northern Series of the Nations Championship on 28 October 2026, he was one of four flyhalves, with Yaqeen Ahmed, Luan Giliomee and Manie Libbok.
In Turin on 7 November he scored the Springboks’ first try and landed every goal he attempted: nine conversions and a penalty, 26 points in a 66-7 win, by SA Rugby’s account. Morne van den Berg took the Player of the Match award. Our Italy v Springboks result covers the rest of that match.
Playing style
Start with the boot, because opponents have to. The Stormers called him an ace goalkicker before he had a Test cap, on his Test debut he landed a penalty from inside his own half, and Erasmus singled out his goal-kicking when he handed him his first start.
The reason he is talked about as a gamebreaker, though, is what he does with the ball in hand. Announcing his extension to 2029, the Stormers called him “an instinctive gamebreaker with a full skillset”, listing his running, passing, kicking and composure. Daily Maverick’s report from Wembley shows two sides of that: his first try came from chasing his own contestable kick into the Japan 22 and winning it back, the second from a line break 30 metres out, with a hand-off on the way through. In Durban the same paper picked out a pinpoint crosskick that Cheslin Kolbe collected and ran clear from.
In plain language: he can kick goals from distance, kick to compete in the air, beat defenders himself and run a Test match.
Honours and records
- Most points by a Springbok in a Test: 37, against Argentina in Durban, 27 September 2025
- Rugby Championship winner, 2024 and 2025 (started the 2024 opener and the 2025 decider)
- SA Rugby Young Player of the Year, 2024
- South Africa’s URC Player of the Season, 2024/25
- MyPlayers Players’ Player of the Year, 2025
- Led Western Province under-21 to a national title in 2023, and former Junior Springbok captain, according to the Stormers
Where he is now: as at 13 November 2026
He is a Stormers player, under contract until July 2029 at the earliest, and one of the four flyhalves in the Bok group in Europe for the Nations Championship.
SA Rugby’s selection for Paris, released on 9 November, keeps him at 10 alongside Morne van den Berg in a backline unchanged from Turin. The 23 and Erasmus’s explanation are in our Springbok team v France report. The French federation’s sheet puts Dupont at 10 and in charge, which Reuters says is his first Test in that position; our France v Springboks preview carries the French 23.
His tally going in: 26 caps and 221 points, by SA Rugby’s count of 9 November. Tonight’s kick-off in Saint-Denis is at 22:10 SAST, on SuperSport.
Frequently asked questions
Which team does Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu play for?
The Stormers, in the United Rugby Championship. The franchise announced in December 2025 that he had extended his contract to at least July 2029. He made his Stormers debut in a URC quarter-final in 2022.
How many caps does Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu have?
SA Rugby listed him on 26 Test caps and 221 points in its team announcement of 9 November 2026. Tonight’s Test in Paris would be his 27th if he plays.
When did Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu make his Springbok debut?
He came off the bench against Wales at Twickenham on 22 June 2024, and South Africa won 41-13. His first Test start came at flyhalf against Australia in Brisbane on 10 August 2024.
What is Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s Springbok points record?
He scored 37 points against Argentina in Durban on 27 September 2025, the most by a Springbok in a single Test, passing Percy Montgomery’s 35. He scored three tries, eight conversions and two penalties in a 67-30 win.
Is Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu playing against France tonight?
Yes. He is SA Rugby’s choice at 10 for tonight’s Test in Saint-Denis, which kicks off at 22:10 SAST. Dupont, France’s captain, is listed at 10 for the home side.