Rugby

Hollywoodbets Sharks coach John Plumtree has made just two changes to his starting line-up but is nonetheless using Saturday’s slightly less pressured Investec Champions Cup match against Oyonnax in Durban as an opportunity to improve his depth and offer...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – During a trip to France to visit his young brother who plays there, Zimbabwe rugby captain Hilton Mudariki hasn’t missed the opportunity to catch up with the Spingboks’ two-time World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi. The 31-year-old...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe’s women Sevens rugby team appears to have lost patience in their quest to get paid following last month’s Olympic qualification tournament in Tunisia. Aggrieved players spoke anonymously to SportsCast, with one teary team member suggesting...

BY JOHN KELLEY IN PORTSMOUTH Potentially one of the greatest rugby matches since that 19th century day when a schoolboy picked up a soccer ball and ran with it at Rugby School in the English Midlands, is to be staged...

BY CHRIS TAVONESA HARARE – When William Webb Ellis made his innocuous decision to run with a ball in 1823, little did he know he was inventing something that is now a national sport in many nations. The game evolved, starting...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe’s senior men rugby team will finish 2023 without playing a single international match, official Tests or unofficial, as the failure of yet another World Cup qualification bid continue to stifle the team’s potential and...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Voice Ndou, who featured for Western Province’s women rugby team this past season, is one of the key players in her homeland Zimbabwe’s quest for Olympic Games qualification in the Sevens format of the sport. Zimbabwe’s...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – They say biltong and rugby have an inseparable relationship, so former Zimbabwe star Andy Rose has decided to take the “love affair” to the next level. A legendary and unforgettable figure at Scottish club side Boroughmuir,...

FROM JOHN KELLEY IN PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND The 2023 Rugby World Cup is being staged in France has reached the quarter-final knock-out stage. The eight progressing nations are the winners and runners-up of the pool stages that have played through the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe’s schools rugby festival, which had disappeared from the scene in recent years, will return to the calendar courtesy of a welcome sponsorship from Mwana Group (Pvt) Ltd. The Harare-headquartered multinational conglomerate company will bankroll the...