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Source: Rugby Africa | Oct 16, 2018

Zimbabwe crowned Rugby Sevens African champions

At the end of a fiercely contested competition between the top twelve African teams, Zimbabwe emerged as the victors from the Rugby Sevens 2018 Africa Championship, qualifying for three major international events and confirming their chances of Olympic qualification

Uganda had great hopes of retaining the title of African Champions for the third year in a row and Kenya had the clear intention of winning back the title, but they were caught unawares by Zimbabwe's performance in the final, who beat the hot favourites, Kenya, 17 to 5. The…

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Source: Rugby Africa | Oct 12, 2018

The 12 best African teams compete in the Africa Men’s Sevens tournament, the biggest Africa rugby event

The 2018 competition season of Rugby Africa will end on a high note with the Africa Men’s Sevens tournament in Jemmel, Tunisia this weekend

The twelve best African teams (apart from South Africa) will compete for the African Champion title. In 2019 they will be joined by Côte d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of the Congo who have just been promoted from regional pre qualification events. The 2019 Africa Men’s Sevens tournament will serve…

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Source: Rugby Africa | Oct 11, 2018

Rugby Africa’s Sevens tournament available Live on YouTube

Rugby Africa’s Sevens tournament named “Africa Men’s Sevens” will be held on the 13th and 14th of October 2018, in Monastir, Tunisia

Twelve teams will compete: Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Zambia, Tunisia, Senegal, Morocco, Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and Namibia Rugby Africa’s (www.RugbyAfrique.com) Sevens tournament named “Africa Men’s Sevens” will be held on the 13th and 14th of October 2018, in Monastir, Tunisia. Watch Live on YouTube: Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUCs3bS6-DI Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8kNBuJCy8E…

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Source: Rugby Africa | Sep 14, 2018

Rugby - Africa: The first stage of the qualifications for the 2020 Olympic Games gets underway

With two regional rugby sevens tournaments, the first of which begins on Saturday (September 15th) in Abidjan, Rugby Africa is launching the first round of qualifications for the men’s Olympics

True to the spirit of the Olympics, Rugby Africa opened the competition as wide as possible to give the greatest number of people the opportunity to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. An invitation was sent to all Rugby Africa federations not already qualified for the main African…

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Source: Rugby Africa | Aug 28, 2018

Video News Release: Final Official Video of the Rugby Africa Gold Cup: Round Up episode that summarizes the Rugby Africa Gold Cup

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Source: Rugby Africa | Aug 24, 2018

Video News Release: Official Podcast for the 2018 Rugby Africa Gold Cup; Tournament Review

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This week on the Final Review of The Three Quarters Podcast, your Offical Podcast for the 2018 Rugby Africa Gold Cup; Damima Duffield and Ng'arua Kamuya take a look at the 2018 Rugby Africa Gold Cup, team perfromances, corporate partnerships broadcasting and the general organization of the tournament.

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Source: Rugby Africa | Aug 21, 2018

Namibia is qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup and Kenya has one last chance to qualify in the international playoff tournament

After fifteen thrilling matches, the Rugby Africa Gold Cup ended on a high note with three games played consecutively on Saturday 18th August across the African continent in Kampala, Windhoek and Monastir

In the end, it was Namibia who won the Rugby Africa Gold Cup (www.RugbyAfrique.com) trophy and the right to join South Africa in Pool B at the next Rugby World Cup in 2019 in Japan. It is clear that from the start, the Namibian team dominated the competition and well…

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Source: Rugby Africa | Aug 20, 2018

Video News Release: Official video of the Rugby Africa Gold Cup: Review Show: Namibia vs Kenya; Uganda vs Zimbabwe; Tunisia vs Morocco

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Source: Rugby Africa | Aug 20, 2018

Video News Release: Video recording of the final press conference of the Rugby Africa Gold Cup

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Speakers are: For Kenya: Kenya captain Davis Chenge and Kenya Head Coach Ian Snook For Namibia: Mervin Green CEO Namibia Rugby Ltd (company), Darryl de la Harpe (player), Team Manager Irvin Newman This content is copyright free and can be republished at will.