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Full time17 May 1997
Botswana
13–20
Zambia
Venue not recorded · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Zambia won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CBotswana conversion · C Rouse2–0
  2. –PBotswana penalty · C Rouse5–0
  3. –PBotswana penalty · C Rouse8–0
  4. –TBotswana try · C Rouse13–0
  5. –CZambia conversion · Andrew Kaminsa13–2
  6. –CZambia conversion · Toby Nyati13–4
  7. –PZambia penalty · Andrew Kaminsa13–7
  8. –PZambia penalty · Toby Nyati13–10
  9. –TZambia try · Andrew Kaminsa13–15
  10. –TZambia try · Owen Mhango13–20

Line-ups

Botswana

  1. 1J TheartProp
  2. 2H SwartzHooker
  3. 3L GroblerProp
  4. 4B MareeSecond row
  5. 5T WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6W ChilesaFlanker
  7. 7P MallamFlanker
  8. 8D SornesNumber 8
  9. 9D JonesScrum-half
  10. 10B BesterlinkFly-half
  11. 11T NashaWing
  12. 12A HerbstCentre
  13. 13C RouseCentre
  14. 14K MatholeWing
  15. 15W HerbstFull-back
  16. Mark OosthuizenBench
  17. J SwartzBench
  18. T MatsonBench

Zambia

  1. 1Titho LubeshaProp
  2. 2Owen MhangoHooker
  3. 3Collins KolalaProp
  4. 4Ken ChalweSecond row
  5. 5A MwewaSecond row
  6. 6Happy ChipiliFlanker
  7. 7Chris MhangoFlanker
  8. 8Tresford KabeyaNumber 8
  9. 9Alex MwilaScrum-half
  10. 10Toby NyatiFly-half
  11. 11Owen BusangeWing
  12. 12Garry ShielCentre
  13. 13Matthews KabeyaCentre
  14. 14Fine ChikumbeWing
  15. 15Andrew KaminsaFull-back
  16. Rodgers MusabaBench
  17. F ChansaBench

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Context

All-time, Botswana 4–6 Zambia in 10 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Botswana going in
Zambia 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.