Zimbabwe Rugby Union board members suspended

In a statement, Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) director-general Joseph Muchechetere announced that Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU)’s board with the exception of ZRU chief executive Blessing Chiutare has been suspended with immediate effect over a number of reasons such as the defeats to Namibia, Kenya, Tunisia and Uganda.

The board was also suspended for in-fighting which the SRC said was affecting the state of rugby in the country. The SRC also said that ZRU failed to seek clearance of the Zimbabwe Women’s Rugby team which toured Francistown, Botswana on 27 May 2017 and then hosted Zambian national teams for the period 2-4 June 2017 as stated in the Sport and Recreation Commission Act (Chapter 25:15) of 1991 and revised in 1996 and regulations (1995).

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