Sables teams train

morning as both teams prepared for international assignments this weekend.
The combined Sables are also expected to have another training session today at Harare Sports Club and Young Sables assistant coach Godwin “Jaws” Murambiwa believes this will help them when the Junior Africa Cup kicks-off.
The tournament will run for a week at Prince Edward school, starting on Saturday, and most of the teams are scheduled to star arriving tomorrow, with the arrival of Kenya and Morocco, and Namibia are expected to arrive by road on Friday morning.
However, the Young Sables will be hoping for a perfect start to their campaign as the side is hoping to qualify for the Junior World Rugby Trophy.
Murambiwa yesterday said he was happy his side managed to get time to rub shoulders with the senior side.
“It was a good training session because it’s not every day that you get the chance to have this kind of a training session where the boys are involved with the senior team.
“They are a side that train at a higher level and we are very hopeful that we will be able to get another training session with them before we play in the tournament because that is the only time we will get to be active.
“There is a chance that we could play them again tomorrow (today) and so that we also have another look at our running partners and we believe that they are also benefiting from these training sessions,” said the former Sables coach.
The Young Sables have been drawn in Pool A where they are set to take on bitter rivals Namibia, Tunisia and Uganda while Pool B consists of Kenya Madagascar, Morocco and Zambia following a new format.
In the past all the eight teams had a chance to battle for qualification but the new format is such the team that wins Pool A lifts the Junior Africa Cup and also represents Africa at the JWRT.
The winners of Pool B will be promoted to Pool A, whose bottom-placed side will be demoted to Pool B, for next year’s edition.
While the Young Sables are preparing for the junior tournament, the Sables are set to take on Shujaa of Kenya on Saturday afternoon at the Kenya Rugby Grounds in Nairobi in their final game of the Victoria Cup.
The Sables have already won the Victoria Cup after beating Uganda home and away and they also beat Shujaa at Harare Sports Club last month.
Kenya’s loss to Uganda ensured that the Sables lifted the cup for the first time and their game against Kenya on Saturday will be about pride, setting a new record and a chance for them to rise to an all-time high on the International Rugby Board World Rankings.
Zimbabwe’s best winning streak was in 1987 when they won four consecutive games and this year the Sables have matched that run having beaten Madagascar, Uganda (twice) and Kenya.