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Full time25 July 2009
Botswana
3–23
Zimbabwe
University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana · Confederation of African Rugby Championship 2009Head-to-head

Zimbabwe won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. 14’PBotswana penalty · Eddie Oosthuizen3–0
  2. 28’PZimbabwe penalty · Tichafara Makwanya3–3
  3. 55’TZimbabwe try · Tafadzwa Mhende3–8
  4. 67’PZimbabwe penalty · Gardner Nechironga3–11
  5. 76’TZimbabwe try · Tapiwa Mafi3–16
  6. 77’CZimbabwe conversion · Gardner Nechironga3–18
  7. 81’TZimbabwe try · Alfred Sairai3–23

Line-ups

Botswana

  1. 1Tyrone WarburtonProp
  2. 2Brendan GarcinHooker
  3. 3Katlego MohutsiwaProp
  4. 4Eddie ErnstSecond row
  5. 5Ngaka LempaletseSecond row
  6. 6Batsile KaboFlanker
  7. 7Casparus Janse Van RensburgFlanker
  8. 8Gilbert MachobaneNumber 8
  9. 9Mark ColleyScrum-half
  10. 10Hugo BothaFly-half
  11. 11Jerome AlabuWing
  12. 12Steven SmallCentre
  13. 13Jeremy BabbageCentre
  14. 14Tshoganetso KatseWing
  15. 15Eddie OosthuizenFull-back
  16. 16Tato MaifalaBench
  17. 17Lesedi KeekaeBench
  18. 18Onkabetse MosalagaeBench
  19. 19Biki MawelaBench
  20. 20James HarrisBench
  21. 21Johan van NiekerkBench

Zimbabwe

  1. 1Alfred SairaiProp
  2. 2Dimitry ZanvernidosHooker
  3. 3Rocky GurumaniProp
  4. 4Kundai HatendiSecond row
  5. 5Costa DinhaSecond row
  6. 6Prayer ChitenderuFlanker
  7. 7Jacques LeitaoFlanker
  8. 8Norman MukondiwaNumber 8
  9. 9Tapiwa MafiScrum-half
  10. 10Tichafara MakwanyaFly-half
  11. 11Jafet NdebeleWing
  12. 12Paul StaakCentre
  13. 13Lloyd MachanjairaCentre
  14. 14Gardner NechirongaWing
  15. 15Tafadzwa MhendeFull-back
  16. 16Devon EsbachBench
  17. 17Pieter JoubertBench
  18. 18Theo WealeBench
  19. 19Njabulo NdlovuBench
  20. 20Gary HewittBench
  21. 21Bernard MukondiwaBench
  22. 22George SibandaBench

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Context

All-time, Botswana 0–3 Zimbabwe in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Botswana 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.