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History
Rugby first came to the region of Rhodesia with the British South Africa Company's Pioneer Column led by Cecil Rhodes in 1890. Two rugby clubs in Bulawayo and Salisbury were set up when the settlers arrived with the Rhodesia Rugby Football Union being founded in 1895. The Rhodesia RFU sent representative teams to compete in the inaugural Currie Cup between the colonies that would eventually merge to form the Union of South Africa in 1898. They would then irreguarly send teams to compete in the Currie Cup until 1923 when Rhodesia regularly competed year on year.