Zimbabwe women's national rugby union team

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Zimbabwe
Nickname(s)Sables
Union Zimbabwe Rugby Union
Head coachMunyaradzi Mhonda
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First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current49 (as of 4 December 2023)
First international
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 0–28 Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
(Harare; 22 September 2007)
Biggest win
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 72–0 Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
(City Park, Cape Town; 19 June 2022)
Biggest defeat
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg 108–0 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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.

Contents

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
OpponentFirst MatchPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstWin %
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 20171100105100.00%
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 20221100720100.00%
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2022100101080.00%
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 202120023750.00%
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2007300333680.00%
Summary2007820611825625.00%

Results

Full internationals

WonLostDraw
Test DateZimbabweScoreOpponentVenueEventRef
12007-09-22 Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg0–28Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Harare Test [2]
22017-07-22 Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg10–5Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Hartsfield Rugby Grounds, Bulawayo Test [3]
32019-07-13 Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg18–19Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Harare Sports Club, Harare Test [4] [5]
42019-09-14 Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg15–21Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Chester Dean Arena, Lusaka Test [6] [7]
52021-07-14 Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg0–41Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala 2021 Africa Cup [8] [9] [10]
62021-07-18 Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg3–34Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala 2021 Africa Cup [8] [9] [11]
72022-06-15 Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg0–108Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa City Park, Cape Town 2022 Africa Cup [12] [13] [14]
82022-06-19 Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg72–0Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia City Park, Cape Town 2022 Africa Cup [12] [13] [15]

Other matches

DateZimbabwePFPAOpponentVenueRef
2017-05-27 Zimbabwe Sables  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg1017Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Vultures Gaborone
2017-06-03 Zimbabwe Sables  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg390Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia XV Police Ground, Harare
2018-07-11 Zimbabwe XV  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg1819Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia XV Mufulira [16]
2018-07-15 Zimbabwe XV  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg37Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia XV Mufulira
2021-06-02 Zimbabwe XV  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg2231Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia XV Harare [17]
2021-06-05 Zimbabwe XV  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg1738Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia XV Harare

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  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.
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  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. 1 2 "Series of test matches between various African teams". Rugby Africa . Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Women gear up for Zambia test". The Namibian . 9 November 2021. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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  11. ↑ "Match Sheet". Rugby Africa . 18 July 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  12. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Results on Rugby Afrique Facebook". Rugby Africa . 24 June 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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