Beast wishes Sharks prodigy Tino Mavesere can stay with Zimbabwe
BY ENOCK MUCHINJO
HARARE – South Africa World Cup-winner Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira has described Sharks loose-forward Tinotenda Mavesere as a “special talent”, but the now retired front-rower would like to see the young Zimbabwean continue his international career with his...
Ex-Springbok Chavhanga applauds boyhood teammate’s appointment: ‘Zim has gained a young, dynamic coach’
BY SPORTSCAST WRITER
HARARE – Former South Africa winger Tonderai Chavhanga feels new Zimbabwe coach Piet Benade can “unleash the full potential” of the neighouring country, backing his former schoolboy rugby teammate to deliver success.
Record-breaking Chavhanga, who scored a record...
PIET BENADE NAMED NEW ZIMBABWE RUGBY TEAM COACH
BY SPORTSCAST WRITER
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...
Wheeling University: An American home away from home for Zimbabwe’s bright prospects
BY ENOCK MUCHINJO
HARARE – Getting over homesickness, even for a tough-as-teak rugby player, can be hard if you’re a university student living and studying in distant lands.
Wheeling University in the United States however now feels like a little Harare...
‘We’re not spoilt for choice’: Zim 7s rugby coach defends taking ‘seasoned’ players to...
BY SPORTSCAST WRITER
HARARE – Zimbabwe, one of Africa’s top rugby playing nations, couldn’t resist the urge to send a strong Sevens team to the African Games because the country doesn’t play enough games throughout the year, says coach Ricky...
‘We’re going back to default settings’: Young Sables modest in pursuit of third successive...
BY SPORTSCAST WRITER
HARARE – After dominating Africa for the past two years, Zimbabwe Under-20 rugby coach Shaun De Souza says his team has now gone back to the basics to fine-tune for yet another assault as the Young Sables...
BLITHE’S BIG BREAKTHROUGH
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...
Zimbabwe’s captain Mudariki touches base with the iconic Boks skipper Siya Kolisi in Paris
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...
‘We’re girls, but please, pay us too’: Zimbabwe Women 7s go unpaid after failed...
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...
John Kelley: ‘Anybody who confidently predicts the result should be locked up!’
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...
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