TheBreakdown
Full time14 June 1997
Zimbabwe
32–26
Namibia
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

Zimbabwe won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNamibia conversion · Rudi van Vuuren
  2. –PNamibia penalty · Rudi van Vuuren
  3. –PNamibia penalty · Rudi van Vuuren
  4. –PNamibia penalty · Rudi van Vuuren
  5. –TNamibia try · Attie Samuelson
  6. –TNamibia try · Pieter Steyn
  7. –TNamibia try · Riaan van Zyl

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Zimbabwe

    Namibia

    1. 1Danie VermeulenProp
    2. 2Riaan van ZylHooker
    3. 3Andries BlaauwProp
    4. 4Hardus SwartSecond row
    5. 5Pieter SteynSecond row
    6. 6Quinn HoughFlanker
    7. 7Claus SchumacherFlanker
    8. 8Sybrand de BeerNumber 8
    9. 9Johan ZaaymanScrum-half
    10. 10Rudi van VuurenFly-half
    11. 11Dirk FarmerWing
    12. 12Deon GouwsCentre
    13. 13Lukas HoltzhausenCentre
    14. 14Schalk van der MerweWing
    15. 15Attie SamuelsonFull-back
    16. Riaan JantjiesBench
    17. Hardus BreedtBench
    18. Emile ErasmusBench
    19. Jan DamesBench
    20. Driek VermaakBench
    21. Hugo HornBench

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    Context

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

    Zimbabwe going in
    Namibia 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.