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Zimbabwe Retain Castle 7’s Crown

Zimbabwe on Sunday beat Mpumalanga of South Africa 33-0 to set a new Castle 7’s rugby tournament record.

Zimbabwe are now the only team to have won the Castle 7’s three successive times and are also within one win of equaling record holders Mpumalanga on four titles.

The defending champions enjoyed vast territorial advantage throughout the match against Mpumalanga in a match the defending champions circulated the ball with some sublime skill.

 Fortune Chipendu and Gardner Nachironga each touched down a brace of tries while Pete Bernadi and Alex Ndanga were on hand to slot in four of Zimbabwe’s five penalties.

Zimbabwe reached the finals after a 5-0 win over Botswana in the quarterfinals before crushing hosts Zambia 26-7 in the semifinals.

 Mpumalanga who were playing in their first final since 2006, progressed the finals after a 12-7 quarterfinals win over compatriots Natal Sharks Academy.

They went on to beat Kenya 19-14 to avenge their preliminary group stage loss to the latter whom beat them 19-0.

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  1. At least Zimbabwe has a little something going for them! I hope that country will come back to its glory

    I had my very first Cappuccino in Bulawayo years ago and it was a great place to visit then.

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