Zim suffer blow as star flyhalf Prior and two key forwards ruled out of...
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KAMPALA – New Zimbabwe flyhalf Ian Prior, who has smoothly settled into the Sables line-up, will miss the Rugby Africa Cup final against Algeria here on Sunday to attend to other matters.
The 33-year-old halfback has made a...
PLAYER RATINGS: HOW THE SABLES FARED IN HISTORIC WIN OVER NAMIBIA
BY BRIAN MATAMBA
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s empathic 32-10 win over Namibia on Wednesday in the Africa Cup semi-finals, a first victory for the Sables over their greatest rival in over two decades, produced quite a number of heroes across the...
Ex-Springboks assistant coach says ‘exposure’ makes Sables wizard Mafura tick
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KAMPALA – Gert Smal, the former Springboks coach currently working with Zimbabwe’s team as a consultant, has lavished praise on Sables talisman Tapiwa Mafura, saying the backline wizard’s exposure to different set-ups has made him an exceptional...
‘Tackle everything in a blue jersey’: Last coach to beat Namibia tells Sables
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KAMPALA – The advice is simple from the last Zimbabwe coach to beat Namibia: play rugby in the right spaces.
In his maiden Test in charge, a young Godwin “Jaws” Murambiwa guided the Sables to a hard-fought 27-26...
‘Only months ago they were playing All Blacks and France’: Piet psyches up players...
BY ENOCK MUCHINJO IN KAMPALA, UGANDA
Zimbabwe rugby coach Piet Benade has acknowledged that Namibia are “battle-hardened” following their participation at the World Cup late last year, but is confident his team will be competitive against them on Wednesday.
The two...
‘We’re hoping to play eight Tests this year’: ZRU boss
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KAMPALA – Zimbabwe’s rugby team will not rest on its laurels, beyond the on-going Africa Cup here in Uganda, as the Sables prepare for next year’s final onslaught at a World Cup return after three decades in...
From a leader of young men to a warrior amongst the senior men
BY ENOCK MUCHINJO IN KAMPALA, UGANDA
It is Saturday afternoon in fortress Kampala, the partisan home crowd baying for blood.
Zimbabwe leads Uganda 10-0 early in the first-half, and the Sables’ solidly-built wing Taku Musingwini has just made a try-saving tackle,...
Big party in Kampala amid local mourning as Sables hold on to edge Cranes...
BY ENOCK MUCHINJO IN KAMPALA
Ugandans know how to put up quite a show, and on Saturday at the Mandela National Stadium they delivered a spectacle on the first day of the Rugby Africa Cup here.
They had rehearsed tremendously, a...
‘He was lifting his teammates out of the bus’: Student hailed for heroics amid...
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HARARE – Obinna Nweke, a Falcon College teenage pupil who used his imposing physique to help prevent further casualties in a June road accident that left one teammate dead, has been recognised for his “heroism” at the...
Western Force great and ex-Australia Under-20 star Ian Prior joins Zimbabwe national team
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HARARE – Former Australia Under-20 half-back Ian Prior will join Zimbabwe on Saturday ahead of the Africa Cup later in July, on course to finally make his senior international rugby debut.
33-year-old Prior was born in Queensland, Australia,...
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Tapiwa Tsomondo starts, Aiden Burnett suspended as Sables face mighty Namibia
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HARARE – Zimbabwe will miss Aiden Burnett for Wednesday’s epic World Cup qualifier against old foes Namibia in France after the star...
