PIET BENADE NAMED NEW ZIMBABWE RUGBY TEAM COACH
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HARARE – Piet Benade, the former Western Province fly-half, has been named new national team coach of his native Zimbabwe on interim basis.
42-year-old Benade is best remembered back home in Zimbabwe as a magnificent playmaker for Harare’s...
‘HAPPIAS, HUNTLEY, HAGLER’: Zimbabwe muscle up upfront for physical contest with Tunisia
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HARARE – In a pretty unique scenario, the three H’s added to Zimbabwe’s starting line-up for Wednesday’s Rugby Under-20 Africa Cup semi-final clash with Tunisia, are spread evenly across the defending champions’ forwards pack.
Happias Zhou in the...
Versatile teenage sports star Daniel Erasmus excels beyond the fields and tracks
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HARARE – Multi-talented Zimbabwean sporting prodigy Daniel Erasmus has also proved to be a genius in the classroom.
The vice-captain of Zimbabwe’s Under-18 rugby team has recorded four ‘A’ grades in four science subjects in the 2022 Cambridge...
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 loose-forward was suspended for one match due to a red-card he picked up in the...
‘It’s a massive privilege’: Ex-Zim captain joins World Cup-winning coach Jake White’s staff at...
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HARARE – World Rugby Hall of Famer Kennedy Tsimba will reportedly be going back to the last top team he played for in his illustrious career in South Africa, as skills coach of United Rugby Championship side...
‘Hope this marks beginning of return to greater glory!’: African rugby boss congratulates ZRU
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HARARE – Herbert Mensah, the Rugby Africa president, is hoping that Zimbabwe’s Africa Cup glory in Uganda last week can mark a return of the good old days for the Southern African nation.
The Sables were crowned African...
Like England with Maro Itoje, Zimbabwe introduces it’s own ‘Nigerian’ engine-room
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HARARE - Some years back, a colleague once light-heatedly remarked how he couldn’t wait for Tochukwu Emwerem to make his debut for Zimbabwe in Test cricket, the venerated five-day format of the sport played then only by...
Falcon coach ‘cherish’ clash with champion coach De Souza as Tigers head to Esigodini
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HARARE – Derek Chiwara, coach of Zimbabwean schoolboy rugby giants Falcon College, is treasuring the challenge of coming up against high-flying Prince Edward gaffer Shaun De Souza in a titanic battle this Saturday afternoon.
The Maddogs host fellow...
Mataranyika: From Under-19 cricket World Cup to Under-18 rugby Academy Week
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HARARE – Tendekai Mataranyika has become one of the latest Zimbabweans to fall under a familiar, yet common sporting career “crisis” because of two sporting codes of the country: cricket and rugby.
Which professional path will he...
Under-20s dominate Zimbabwe ‘developmental side’ for Uganda clash
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...
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‘Goose-pimples’ for De Souza as Zim coach assembles squad for World...
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HARARE – Zimbabwe coach Shaun De Souza has named a huge training squad July’s World Rugby Under-20 Trophy in Kenya, commenting that...
