‘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
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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...
‘He was lifting his teammates out of the bus’: Student hailed for heroics amid...
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HARARE – Obinna Nweke, a Falcon College teenage pupil who used his imposing physique to help prevent further casualties in a June road accident that left one teammate dead, has been recognised for his “heroism” at the...
Western Force great and ex-Australia Under-20 star Ian Prior joins Zimbabwe national team
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HARARE – Former Australia Under-20 half-back Ian Prior will join Zimbabwe on Saturday ahead of the Africa Cup later in July, on course to finally make his senior international rugby debut.
33-year-old Prior was born in Queensland, Australia,...
‘There is bound to be some of these hiccups’: Zim 7s on the back-foot...
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HARARE – Zimbabwe Sevens rugby coach Ricky Chirengende admits that a “tall order” faces his team at the ongoing Africa Cup in Mauritius as the Cheetahs target qualification to the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.
Zimbabwe lost 24-21...
‘We have X-factor across the field’: Confident Zim 7s coach targets World Rugby Challenger...
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HARARE - Ricky Chirengende, the Zimbabwe Sevens rugby team coach, believes the young side he is taking to next week’s Africa Cup in Mauritius is oozing with quality to go all the way in the tournament and...
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...
‘We’re now able to identify who can cope’: Sables coach says squad will be...
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HARARE - TJ Maguranyanga, the France-based utility back, is one of foreign-based stars lined up to boost Zimbabwe’s rugby squad for July’s make-or-break Africa Cup tournament in Uganda.
The 21-year-old speedster, who plays for French Top 14 club...
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Zimbabwe name inexperienced squad for Sevens World Cup
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HARARE – Zimbabwe have kept faith in their new crop of shorter format players for the forthcoming Rugby World Cup Sevens in...
