THE recent tour by the England Independent Schools side has left the Zimbabwe Rugby Union an exposed, if not embarrassed, lot. Instead of using the tour to prepare the Zimbabwe age grade-teams for the upcoming season that also sees junior national rugby team taking part on the international scene, including the Junior Africa Cup, Zimbabwe failed to capitalise on the English in-bound tour.
Having known last year that the Barbarians were to tour Zimbabwe, the ZRU made arrangements that the Britons would play Mbare Academy, Zimbabwe Under-19, Goshawks (Zimbabwe Under-19 second-string side) and Harare Lions.
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