Rugby

BY CHRIS TAVONESA HARARE – When William Webb Ellis made his innocuous decision to run with a ball in 1823, little did he know he was inventing something that is now a national sport in many nations. The game evolved, starting...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe’s senior men rugby team will finish 2023 without playing a single international match, official Tests or unofficial, as the failure of yet another World Cup qualification bid continue to stifle the team’s potential and...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Voice Ndou, who featured for Western Province’s women rugby team this past season, is one of the key players in her homeland Zimbabwe’s quest for Olympic Games qualification in the Sevens format of the sport. Zimbabwe’s...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – They say biltong and rugby have an inseparable relationship, so former Zimbabwe star Andy Rose has decided to take the “love affair” to the next level. A legendary and unforgettable figure at Scottish club side Boroughmuir,...

FROM JOHN KELLEY IN PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND The 2023 Rugby World Cup is being staged in France has reached the quarter-final knock-out stage. The eight progressing nations are the winners and runners-up of the pool stages that have played through the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe’s schools rugby festival, which had disappeared from the scene in recent years, will return to the calendar courtesy of a welcome sponsorship from Mwana Group (Pvt) Ltd. The Harare-headquartered multinational conglomerate company will bankroll the...

BY CHRIS TAVONESA The Rugby World Cup is currently underway. The superpowers find themselves in unfamiliar position – they have all lost thus far in the pool stage of the tournament. New Zealand, the perennial favourites to win every Rugby World...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe Women Sevens rugby team coach Cyprian Mandenge has picked a provisional squad of 15 ahead of Africa's Olympic Games qualifiers in Tunisia mid-October. The traveling side will be trimmed to 12 next weekend, following a...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe’s women rugby players, like their football counterparts before, have a deep desire to go to the Olympics. The hard-working Zimbabwean ladies will be in Tunisia in October for the African championship, which also serves as...

The Springbok Sevens suffered a heart-breaking 17-12 defeat to Kenya in the final of the Rugby Africa Olympic Games 2024 qualifying tournament in Harare on Sunday and in the process, missed a second opportunity to qualify for next year's...