Rugby

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...

BY CHRIS TAVONESA HARARE – Brandon Mudzekenyedzi, the New Zealand-based livewire, is back in Zimbabwean colours after he was last year controversially omitted from the African country’s squad for qualifiers of the ongoing World Cup finals in France. The 26-year-old Mudzekenyedzi,...

BY JOHN KELLEY IN ENGLAND Weeks ahead of the date that the World Cup rugby tournament kicks off, Wales and England clashed at Cardiff on Saturday for the first of what will probably be many unofficial trials. It revealed a...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER                   HARARE – World Rugby Hall of Famer Kennedy Tsimba will reportedly be going back to the last top team he played for in his illustrious career in South Africa, as skills coach of United Rugby Championship side...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Rampant Zimbabwe were at their flamboyant best to thump rivals Kenya 64-10 in the World Rugby Under-20 Trophy fifth-place play off in Nairobi on Sunday with an entertaining brand of rugby, in typical style, to...

BY ENOCK MUCHINJO HARARE – Zimbabwe head coach Shaun De Souza will shuffle his key players across crucial positions to avoid their threat being counteracted by Kenya when the two rivals clash in the fifth-place play-off on the final day...

Zimbabwe beat the United States of America 38-37 on Tuesday in the World Rugby Under-20 Trophy, to finish the group stage on a high following defeats to the Scotland and Uruguay. The Junior Sables now face hosts Kenya in...

Zimbabwe’s coach Shaun De Souza speaks after the 51-14 defeat to Uruguay in the World Rugby Under-20 Trophy, second pool loss after the 64-33 loss to Scotland: We had the plan for this game, unfortunately we just didn’t follow through,...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – The injury to captain Panashe Zuze will see Shadrick Mandaza start at scrumhalf for Zimbabwe against Uruguay on Thursday in the World Rugby Under-20 Trophy, but coach Shaun De Souza isn’t overly concerned that the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe lost 64-33 to Scotland in the World Rugby Under-20 Trophy opener in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday. “I think we (are) still on course, it’s not all lost,” Zimbabwe’s head coach Shaun De Souza said. “We had...