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Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter
BULAWAYO Metropolitan Rugby Football Board (BMRFB) has hired former national sevens’ coach Gilbert Nyamutsamba as director of rugby, overseeing technical development matters in the province.
BMRFB chairman Craig Change said the board wants to tap into Nyamutsamba’s experience and grow rugby in the province by building a vast pool of players capable of challenging for starting places in the various national teams.
“For the first time, we’re having a director of rugby in our board. That’s a technical position and we’ve gone out to lure one of the most qualified and most experienced coaches in the country Gilbert Nyamutsamba. His record speaks for itself, having served as the Cheetahs’ coach for a long time. Why have we taken him, one may ask? We want him to bring all the experience he garnered travelling around the world,” said Change.
“We’ve identified a number of young coaches that are going to work with him (Nyamutsamba) so that he imparts his knowledge to them for us to have continuity. The coming on board of Nyamustamba as well as setting up of solid structures is part of BMRFB’s drive towards becoming semi-professional.”
Nyamutsamba is not a stranger to rugby development in Bulawayo, having previously helped a number of schools such as Petra, Milton High and the Western Suburbs development team.
His last international assignment as coach was in February when he led the Cheetahs in the two-legged inaugural World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Chile and Uruguay. — @ZililoR
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