Rugby

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe assistant coach Ricky Chirengende says being defending champions doesn’t guarantee an easy pathway for the Sables in this year’s Rugby Africa Cup, whose winner will clinch direct qualification to the 2027 World Cup in...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE - Champions Zimbabwe will play Morocco in the first of four quarter-finals of the Rugby Africa Cup in Uganda in July, a tournament that doubles as final qualifer for the 2027 World Cup. Meeting the in-form Sables...

BY ENOCK MUCHINJO HARARE - At 26, Brian Mujati was being rewarded with a two-year contract extension by Northampton Saints in 2011 after forming part of the best front-row in English rugby. 13 years after Mujati's departure, the reigning Premiership Rugby...

BY ENOCK MUCHINJO HARARE - Any budding sportsman anywhere on the planet will think you are kidding around if you tell them that they'll one day play in the richest rugby league in the world. What more if you were to...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE - Zimbabwe rugby international Ngoni Chibuwe has vented his frustration on social media after his Romanian club, the newly-crowned champions CSM Constanta, has failed to pay players and coaching staff for five months. 30-year-old Chibuwe, who hails...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE - Zimbabwe's rugby team has been rewarded with cash by the country's president Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday following a memorable year in which the Sables won the Africa Cup and finished with a 100 percent record...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE - Zimbabwean rugby has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death on Sunday of 30-year-old former Harare Sports Club winger Tyler Rowe. Originally from Bulawayo, Rowe excelled in his chosen sport as a schoolboy at the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – A national team coach will most likely get recognised by fellow passengers on a flight, and asked for a selfie. It is a pretty unique experience, though, when the attention comes from the pilot herself. Emirates pilot...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Not a lot of newcomers to international rugby wake up in the morning thinking they’ll one day amass close to 25 caps for their country. Reaching a half-century therefore marks a “surreal” occasion for Hilton Mudariki...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Brandon Mudzekenyedzi has switched to the right wing for Saturday’s historic Test against South Korea, allowing ex-Wallaby Kyle Godwin to make his run-on debut for Zimbabwe at outside-centre. 32-year-old Godwin made his Sables debut against the...