Zimbabwe women's national rugby union team

For the men's team, see Zimbabwe national rugby union team.

Zimbabwe
NicknameSables
UnionZimbabwe Rugby Union
Head coachMunyaradzi Mhonda
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current52 (as of 15 July 2024)
Highest49 (2023)
First international
Zimbabwe  0–28  Zambia
(Harare; 22 September 2007)
Biggest win
Zimbabwe  72–0  Namibia
(City Park, Cape Town; 19 June 2022)
Biggest defeat
South Africa  108–0  Zimbabwe
(City Park, Cape Town; 15 June 2022)

The Zimbabwe women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Zimbabwe, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 2007.

History

Zimbabwe's women's team are known as the Women Sables. They played mostly friendlies with Zambia and Botswana before they played their first international test match on 22 September 2007 against Zambia at the Harare Sports Club.[1]

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 22 April 2023)

Zimbabwe Internationals From 2007
Opponent First Match Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Win %
 Botswana 2017 1 1 0 0 10 5 100.00%
 Namibia 2022 1 1 0 0 72 0 100.00%
 South Africa 2022 1 0 0 1 0 108 0.00%
 Uganda 2021 2 0 0 2 3 75 0.00%
 Zambia 2007 3 0 0 3 33 68 0.00%
Summary 2007 8 2 0 6 118 256 25.00%

Results

For information about the status of international games, see Women's international rugby union § International women's matches.

Full internationals

Won Lost Draw
Test Date Zimbabwe Score Opponent Venue Event Ref
1 2007-09-22 Zimbabwe  0–28  Zambia Harare Test [2]
2 2017-07-22 Zimbabwe  10–5  Botswana Hartsfield Rugby Grounds, Bulawayo Test [3]
3 2019-07-13 Zimbabwe  18–19  Zambia Harare Sports Club, Harare Test [4][5]
4 2019-09-14 Zimbabwe  15–21  Zambia Chester Dean Arena, Lusaka Test [6][7]
5 2021-07-14 Zimbabwe  0–41  Uganda Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala 2021 Africa Cup [8][9][10]
6 2021-07-18 Zimbabwe  3–34  Uganda Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala 2021 Africa Cup [8][9][11]
7 2022-06-15 Zimbabwe  0–108  South Africa City Park, Cape Town 2022 Africa Cup [12][13][14]
8 2022-06-19 Zimbabwe  72–0  Namibia City Park, Cape Town 2022 Africa Cup [12][13][15]

Other matches

Date Zimbabwe PF PA Opponent Venue Ref
2017-05-27 Zimbabwe Sables  10 17  Botswana Vultures Gaborone
2017-06-03 Zimbabwe Sables  39 0  Zambia XV Police Ground, Harare
2018-07-11 Zimbabwe XV  18 19  Zambia XV Mufulira [16]
2018-07-15 Zimbabwe XV  3 7  Zambia XV Mufulira
2021-06-02 Zimbabwe XV  22 31  Zambia XV Harare [17]
2021-06-05 Zimbabwe XV  17 38  Zambia XV Harare

References

  1. ^ "Women Sables – Zimbabwe Rugby Union". Zimbabwe Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Women Sables". Zimbabwe Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ "ZimbabweBotswana". World Rugby. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Zimbabwe vs Zambia". World Rugby. 13 July 2019. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Zambia lift first women's Victoria Cup". ScrumQueens.com. 14 July 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Zambia vs Zimbabwe". World Rugby. 14 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Last minute Zambian Victoria Cup win". ScrumQueens.com. 15 September 2019. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Series of test matches between various African teams". Rugby Africa. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Women gear up for Zambia test". The Namibian. 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Match Sheet". Rugby Africa. 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Match Sheet". Rugby Africa. 18 July 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  12. ^ a b "South Africa qualify for Africa Cup finals". ScrumQueens.com. 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Results on Rugby Afrique Facebook". Rugby Africa. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  14. ^ "South Africa vs Zimbabwe". World Rugby. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Zimbabwe vs Namibia". World Rugby. 19 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Africa's first XVs championship". ScrumQueens.com. 6 August 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Zambia win "Battle of the Zambezi"". ScrumQueens.com. 5 June 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.


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