Career
His usual position is at prop, preferably Tighthead. He played in Super Rugby for the Lions. In 2007 he played in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French professional league, for Toulon, an ambitious side which signed international stars such as George Gregan, Victor Matfield, Anton Oliver, and Andrew Mehrtens in a drive for promotion.
Sephaka made his international debut for the Springboks on 1 December in 2001 in a match against the United States at Robertson Stadium in Houston.
He next played for the Springboks in 2002, earning six international caps that year. He was subsequently included in the Springboks" 2002 Tri Nations Series squad.
He played in all four of the Tri Nations games that season against Australia and the All Blacks. He earned another cap at the end of the year in November, in the 10 to 30 loss against France at Stade VĂ©lodrome in Marseille.
In 2003 he played nine times for the Springboks, the first of which was the 29 to 25 victory over Scotland at King"s Park in Durban.
He played in the subsequent test against the Scottish and then in all four of the 2003 Tri Nations Series matches. Sephaka was part of South Africa"s 2003 Rugby World Cup squad for Australia. In 2005 he played in a mid-year test against France before going onto play in the Tri Nations.
After the first match against Australia, he was then controversially dropped from the starting lineup for the subsequent match against the Wallabies.
He however played in two tests at the end of the year, against Scotland and Wales. He was included in the Springboks" 2006 Tri Nations Series squad.