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Full time19 July 2025
Namibia
28–30
Zimbabwe
Mandela National Stadium, Namboole, Uganda · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2025Head-to-head

Zimbabwe won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PNamibia penalty · Cliven Loubser3–0
  2. 8’PZimbabwe penalty · Ian Prior3–3
  3. 10’PNamibia penalty · Cliven Loubser6–3
  4. 13’PZimbabwe penalty · Ian Prior6–6
  5. 18’TZimbabwe try · Kudzai Mashawi6–11
  6. 18’CZimbabwe conversion · Ian Prior6–13
  7. 21’PNamibia penalty · Cliven Loubser9–13
  8. 26’PZimbabwe penalty · Ian Prior9–16
  9. 35’TNamibia try · Prince Gaoseb14–16
  10. 36’CNamibia conversion · Cliven Loubser16–16
  11. 45’TZimbabwe try · Godfrey Muzanargwo16–21
  12. 45’CZimbabwe conversion · Ian Prior16–23
  13. 59’TZimbabwe try · Brandon Mudzekenyedzi16–28
  14. 60’CZimbabwe conversion · Ian Prior16–30
  15. 61’TNamibia try · Jay-Cee Nel21–30
  16. 71’TNamibia try · Tiaan Swanepoel26–30
  17. 71’CNamibia conversion · Tiaan Swanepoel28–30

Line-ups

Namibia

  1. 1Otja AualaProp
  2. 2Louis Van der WesthuizenHooker
  3. 3Johan CoetzeeProp
  4. 4Adriaan LudickSecond row
  5. 5Tiaan De KlerkSecond row
  6. 6Prince GaosebFlanker
  7. 7Wian ConradieFlanker
  8. 8Richard HardwickNumber 8
  9. 9Jacques TheronScrum-half
  10. 10Andre van der BergFly-half
  11. 11Jurgen MeyerWing
  12. 12Danco BurgerCentre
  13. 13Le Roux MalanCentre
  14. 14Jay-Cee NelWing
  15. 15Cliven LoubserFull-back
  16. 16Armand CombrinckBench
  17. 17Jason BenadeBench
  18. 18Haitembu ShikufaBench
  19. 19Johan RetiefBench
  20. 20Max KatjijekoBench
  21. 21Andrew KearnsBench
  22. 22Tiaan SwanepoelBench
  23. 23Adriaan BooysenBench

Zimbabwe

  1. 1Victor MupungaProp
  2. 2Matthew MandiomaHooker
  3. 3Cleopas KundionaProp
  4. 4Godfrey MuzanargwoSecond row
  5. 5Simbarashe SirahaSecond row
  6. 6Tino MavesereFlanker
  7. 7Dylan UteteFlanker
  8. 8Jason FraserNumber 8
  9. 9Hilton MudarikiScrum-half
  10. 10Ian PriorFly-half
  11. 11Edward SigaukeWing
  12. 12Kudzai MashawiCentre
  13. 13Brandon MudzekenyedziCentre
  14. 14Matthew McNabWing
  15. 15Tapiwa MafuraFull-back
  16. 16Liam LarkanBench
  17. 17Tyran FaganBench
  18. 18Bornwell GwinjiBench
  19. 19Tadiwa GwashuBench
  20. 20Aiden BurnettBench
  21. 21Keegan JoubertBench
  22. 22Dion KhumaloBench
  23. 23Bruce HoustonBench

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Context

All-time, Namibia 31–5 Zimbabwe in 36 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Namibia going in
Zimbabwe going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.