Wounded Sables brace for Cranes test

THE Zimbabwe senior rugby team will be hoping to restore some lost pride by subduing Uganda’s Cranes in Kampala at the weekend and secure their stay in the top-tier Rugby Africa Gold Cup on Saturday.

The game, which is like déjà vu for the limping Sables, who lost to Uganda on home soil last year, is a crunch encounter, as they are dicing with relegation at the bottom of the group, having only won once in this campaign, against Senegal.

In an interview before departure for the East African country yesterday, Sables coach Cyprian Mandenge said his troops were itching to atone for that after a below-par rugby showcase against Tunisia in the capital last weekend, where they lost 23-31.

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