Zimbabwe at the Rugby World Cup



Zimbabwe have made two Rugby World Cup appearances – in 1987 and 1991.

In the 1987 Rugby World Cup, Zimbabwe's national rugby team was invited as the African entrant. No other African countries were invited, as South Africa was disqualified from the tournament due to a sporting boycott adopted by the international community in response to apartheid.

However, Zimbabwe succeeded in getting through 1991 Rugby World Cup qualifying, and hosted the Africa qualifications. In more recent years, the Namibia national rugby union team has generally defeated Zimbabwe in African qualifying rounds.

1987 Rugby World Cup
Pool 4 games –

1991 Rugby World Cup
Pool 2 games –

1995 Rugby World Cup
Did not qualify.

1999 Rugby World Cup
Did not qualify.

2003 Rugby World Cup
Did not qualify.

2007 Rugby World Cup
Did not qualify.

2011 Rugby World Cup
Did not qualify.

2015 Rugby World Cup
Did not qualify.

2019 Rugby World Cup
Did not qualify.

Team Records

 * Most Points in a Tournament
 * 53 (1987)
 * 31 (1991)


 * Most Points in a Game
 * 21 vs (1987)
 * 20 vs (1987)
 * 12 vs (1991)
 * 12 vs (1987)

NIL
 * Biggest Winning Margin


 * Highest Score Against
 * 70 vs (1987)
 * 60 vs (1987)
 * 55 vs (1991)
 * 52 vs (1991)
 * 51 vs (1991)


 * Biggest Losing Margin
 * 58 vs (1987)
 * 44 vs (1991)
 * 44 vs (1991)
 * 39 vs (1987)
 * 39 vs (1991)


 * Most Tries in a Game
 * 3 vs (1987)
 * 2 vs (1991)
 * 2 vs (1991)
 * 2 vs (1991)

Individual records

 * Most appearances
 * 6 Michael Martin (1987, 1991)
 * 5 Richard Tsimba (1987, 1991)
 * 4 Andy Ferreria (1987, 1991)
 * 4 Craig Brown (1987, 1991)
 * 4 Alex Nicholis (1987, 1991)


 * Most points overall
 * 25 Marthinus Grobler (1987)
 * 12 Richard Tsimba (1987, 1991)
 * 11 Andy Ferreria (1987, 1991)
 * 8 Adrian Garvey (1991)


 * Most points in a game
 * 17 vs – Marthinus Grobler (1987)
 * 8 vs – Adrian Garvey (1991)
 * 8 vs – Andy Ferreria (1987)
 * 6 vs – Richard Tsimba (1987)


 * Most tries overall
 * 2 Richard Tsimba (1987, 1991)
 * 2 Adrian Garvey (1991)


 * Most penalty goals
 * 7 Marthinus Grobler (1987)
 * 3 Andy Ferreria (1987, 1991)


 * Most penalty goals in a game
 * 5 vs – Marthinus Grobler (1987)
 * 2 vs – Marthinus Grobler (1987)
 * 2 vs – Andy Ferreria (1987)
 * 1 vs – Andy Ferreria (1991)