‘African rugby is back, it really is!’ Rugby Africa boss hails 2024 tourney, as...
KAMPALA – The quality of the rugby on the field was of an unprecedented high standard, the organisation of the event was uniquely African and top-notch, while the atmosphere in this rugby-mad East African nation was simply electric.
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‘We see it as a positive’: Sables coach says absence of key trio offers...
BY ENOCK MUCHINJO IN KAMPALA, UGANDA
Zimbabwe head coach Piet Benade isn’t too concerned about losing three of his top players for the Rugby Africa Cup final against Algeria on Sunday, seeing it as an opportunity for others to step...
Zim suffer blow as star flyhalf Prior and two key forwards ruled out of...
BY SPORTSCAST WRITER
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
BY SPORTSCAST WRITER
KAMPALA – Gert Smal, the former Springboks assistant 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...
‘Tackle everything in a blue jersey’: Last coach to beat Namibia tells Sables
BY SPORTSCAST WRITER
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
BY SPORTSCAST WRITER
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...
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‘I love making history’: Sables maestro Mafura pumped for third Currie...
BY ENOCK MUCHINJO
HARARE – Lions star fullback Tapiwa Mafura is steadily putting his name in the Currie Cup record books, and he says he...
