THE ZAMBIA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION UNVEILS THE COPPERBLET DISTRICT SCHOOLS LEAGUE WHICH KICKS OFF THIS SATURDAY

THE ZAMBIA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION (ZRFU) HAS UNVEILED THE COPPERBELT DISTRICT SCHOOLS LEAGUE WHICH KICKS OFF THIS SATURDAY (5TH FEBRUARY) AT VARIOUS RUGBY VENUES ON THE COPPERBELT.

ALL THE SCHOOLS RUGBY TEAMS WILL JOSTLE FOR HONOURS DURING THE LEAGUE AND WINNERS WILL THEN STAKE THEIR PRIDE AT THE ANNUAL FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS’ BWANA MKUBWA 15S TO BE STAGED AT NDOLA WANDERERS AT THE COMPLETION OF THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

ZRFU MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER MARTIN MUSUNKA SAID IN A NEWS STATEMENT THAT DURING THE FQM BWANA MKUBWA 15S, NATIONAL SELECTORS WILL COME UP WITH THE CREAM DE LA CRÈME FROM THE COPPERBELT SCHOOLS, TO FORM THE COPPERBELT A AND THE COPPERBELT B TO SLUG IT OUT WITH THEIR MIDLANDS’ COUNTERPARTS AFTER WHICH A NATIONAL UNDER-18 SIDE WILL BE KNITTED TOGETHER.

HE SAID THE ZAMBIA NATIONAL UNDER-18 SIDE WILL REPRESENT THE COUNTRY AT THE ANNUAL COTTCO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS RUGBY FESTIVAL IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE. (DATES WILL BE ADVISED LATER)

MUSUNKA ADDED THAT THE COPPERBELT DISTRICT SCHOOLS MATCHES THIS WEEKEND WILL SEE KITWE SIDES CONVERGE MPELEMBE AND LECHWE SCHOOL FIELDS FOR MATCHES THAT WILL BE PLAYED OVER 30 MINUTES.

THE TEAMS FOR THE KITWE GATHERING ARE MPELEMBE, NDEKE, MUKUBA, KITWE BOYS, MINDOLO, CHAMBOLI, LECHWE AND MALELA.

MUFULIRA HIGH SCHOOL, BUTONDO AND KANTANSHI WILL PLAY THEIR GAMES AT MUFULIRA RUGBY CLUB WHILE ROAN RUGBY CLUB WILL HOST LUANSHYA BOYS, MPATAMATO AND ROAN ANTELOPE AND CHINGOLA, KABUNDI AND CHILOKA WILL PLAY AT NCHANGA.

CHAMBISHI, CHAVUMA, KALULUSHI TRUST AND KALULUSHI HIGH SCHOOL WILL ASSEMBLE AT CHIBULUMA RUGBY PITCH FOR THEIR FIXTURES WITH MULEYA, CHILILABOMBWE HIGH AND BUTONDO FULFILLING THEIR ASSIGNMENTS AT KONKOLA RUGBY CLUB. THE FIXTURES FOR NDOLA WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

MUSUNKA STATED THAT ZAMBIA RUGBY REFEREES SOCIETY ACCREDITED MEMBERS WILL HANDLE THE MATCHES WHERE POSSIBLE WHILE LOCAL CLUBS AND SCHOOLS WILL PROVIDE TOUCH JUDGES.

MEANWHILE, THE ZRRS WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AT GREEN EAGLES RUGBY CLUB THIS SATURDAY. THE AGENDA OF THE AGM WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY MADE AVAILABLE BY THE ZRRS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

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