Rugby

BY SPORTCAST WRITER HARARE – Craig Davidson, son of Zimbabwean cycling legend Linda Warren, will line up for Scotland against his country of birth Zimbabwe in the World Rugby Under-20 Trophy opener in Kenya on Saturday. Harare-born Davidson first attended the...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Last week, Zimbabwe rugby star Matt McNab was signed by English second-tier rugby side Cornish Pirates, where retired fellow countryman Victor Olonga is considered a club legend following numerous breath-taking performances for the Cornwall-based team. This...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Highly gifted and young Zimbabwean rugby players continue to “open doors for others” after loose-forward Shingi Manyarara was signed by French Top 14 club Racing 92 this week on a three-year deal. Manyarara, who has been...

BY RICKY CHIRENGENDE St John’s College…17 St George’s College…22 HARARE – “It was a typical game of two halves, we were on the back-foot. We lost our nine (scum-half, Michael Chaniwa) for the first five minutes of the game then lost our...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Prince Edward and Churchill, two Zimbabwean government boys’ schools and great rivals on the rugby field, clash on Saturday at PE in traditional clash that pumps up nearly members of both camps, past and present. South...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe travel to Kenya this weekend with the largely developmental side they have been fielding in this year’s Currie Cup first division competition, as the nation attempts to rebuild following the great disappointment of yet...

BY CHRIS TAVONESA IN ESIGODINI ESIGODINI – Prince Edward turned the tables to beat Falcon 31-15 and register a famous away win in Esigodini in one of the most anticipated fixtures in Zimbabwean sport. Main Field had proved to be a...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Derek Chiwara, coach of Zimbabwean schoolboy rugby giants Falcon College, is treasuring the challenge of coming up against high-flying Prince Edward gaffer Shaun De Souza in a titanic battle this Saturday afternoon. The Maddogs host fellow...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Zimbabwe coach Shaun De Souza has named a huge training squad July’s World Rugby Under-20 Trophy in Kenya, commenting that the side gives him “goose-pimples” due to its vast array of talent. The Junior Sables qualified...

BY SPORTSCAST WRITER HARARE – Kenyan president William Ruto is expected to attend the Under-20 Rugby Africa Cup final between his country and Zimbabwe on Sunday afternoon, but the red-hot southern Africans’ head coach Shaun De Souza has plans to...