Rugby

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby star Brandon Mandivenga has described the United Kingdom’s sports immigration laws as a “damn shame” following young Kenyan Josh Weru’s departure from English top-flight club Northampton Saints because his visa is not sport-related. The...

Kennedy Tsimba in his heyday at Cheetahs.

HARARE – Brendan Dawson has not been re-appointed as Zimbabwe’s rugby coach, but will see out the rest of his contract concurrently with the term of the current board, the Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) has explained. The ZRU announced this...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Brendan Dawson has retained his job as Zimbabwe’s rugby coach despite failing to guide the country to its first World Cup since 1991. 55-year-old Dawson last year vowed to take the Sables back to the tournament,...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwean rugby ace Tinotenda Mavesere has been tipped to make waves in the game after he was named in Sharks’ squad alongside some of South Africa’s best players who include Springboks captain Siya Kolisi and...

CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwe ended their 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens campaign on a high with a 31-17-0 victory against Jamaica at the Cape Town Stadium on Sunday. The result secured 23rd place out of 24 teams for Graham Kaulback’s...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe have kept faith in their new crop of shorter format players for the forthcoming Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, South Africa, next month. Kudzai Mashawi, now the permanent captain of the team, will...

HARARE – Smarting from yet another World Cup qualification failure, Zimbabwe have selected a side made up of national Under-20 players for the Victoria Cup opener with Uganda in Kampala on Saturday in the country’s first step back to...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe have to wait another four years to try and qualify for the country’s first Rugby World Cup since 1992, following defeat to perennial tormentors Namibia in France on Wednesday night. The Sables lost 34-19 to...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe will miss Aiden Burnett for Wednesday’s epic World Cup qualifier against old foes Namibia in France after the star loose-forward was suspended for one match due to a red-card he picked up in the...