Lungelo Payi

Lungelo Payi (born 22 May 1981) is a former South African rugby union player who played with the.

He started playing his rugby for the in 2003. He then moved to and played for  again, as well as the. In 2009, he was playing club rugby with False Bay Rugby Club when he got a surprise call-up to the Southern Kings squad for their game against the British and Irish Lions. In 2010, he moved back to the Eastern Cape region and joined for the 2010 Currie Cup First Division season. He is currently a sports commentator and runs a number of youth rugby development programmes and manages a number of professional players through his sports management company.