Sako Makata

Sako Makata is a South African loose forward on the books of the Stormers, the Cape Town-based franchise competing in the United Rugby Championship. Born on 10 September 1998, he developed through the South African pathway system before pushing for senior recognition. Makata's game is defined by physicality and graft: he is a willing ball-carrier, an active presence at the breakdown and a forward who relishes the defensive side of the contest. As a loose-forward option, he brings energy and impact to the back row, whether from the start or as a replacement adding fresh legs and aggression in the closing stages. Now in his late twenties, he offers the Stormers depth and competition in a key area of the field. Makata embodies the hard-nosed, contact-hungry approach for which South African forward play is renowned, providing the kind of dependable grunt work that allows a pack to assert itself.