Hundreds of rugby fans thronged Robert Mugabe International Airport on Tuesday evening to welcome the Sables, who won the Rugby Africa Cup on Saturday in Uganda. The Africa Cup trophy came with a ticket to the 2027 Rugby World Cup for the Sables, who ended a 34-year wait. Zimbabwe last played at a Rugby World…
Zimbabwe’s senior men’s rugby team, the Sables sent a resounding message to their rivals at the 2025 Rugby Africa Cup on Tuesday, dispatching Morocco with a dominant 43-8 victory in a quarter-final showdown at the Nelson Mandela National Stadium in Nambole, Kampala. The win not only confirmed Zimbabwe’s place in the semi-finals but reinforced their…
Zimbabwe senior men’s rugby team arrived in Uganda on Saturday for the 2025 Rugby Africa Cup. Fondly known as the ‘Sables’, the local side walks into this year’s edition with aspirations to defend the title which they won last year. This year’s Rugby Africa Cup will see eight countries battling for honours, namely Zimbabwe, Tunisia,…
The Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) this week announced the squad for the 2025 Rugby Africa Cup, scheduled to take place in Uganda from 8 to 19 July. The Cup is a continental rugby union tournament, which will mark a pivotal moment as Namibia embarks on its qualification campaign for the 2027 Rugby World Cup. The…
In a significant show of partnership and pan-African unity, a joint delegation from Nile Breweries and the Uganda Rugby Union (URU) paid a courtesy visit to the South African High Commission in Kampala ahead of two landmark events: the Rugby Africa Cup 2025 and the Webb Ellis Cup Tour. The delegation, led by Wangechi Gitahi,…
ZIMBABWE national senior men’s Sevens team claimed bronze at the Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens in Port Louis, Mauritius, after beating Kenya 21-19 in a third-place play-off match. Zimbabwe clawed their way back from behind, scoring a sensational last-minute try to level the game at 19-19, before slotting home the pressure conversion to snatch victory at…
