The Sables, who suffered no defeat, catapulted 17 places up to 33rd in the world, but lost the honour to Switzerland, who climbed up 18 places to 49th, overcoming a 10-place drop.
“Zimbabwe’s unbeaten run with the scalps of Uganda (twice), Kenya (twice) and Madagascar has rocketed them up 17 places,” said the IRB.
Sound management has helped attract sponsors, much to the improvement of the national teams’ fortunes and buoyed by the performance, the Zimbabwe Rugby Union is confident of a berth in the next World Cup, scheduled for 2015.
Zim rugby needs to grow i remember the days i played back in 1999 it seems like things where getting better but i think not having money is killing the sports
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