CELEBRATING OUR CHAMPIONS
Every Thursday, we celebrate the outstanding winners of the 2025 Annual National Sports Awards (ANSA).
This week, we spotlight the 2025 ANSA Team of the Year, the Zimbabwe senior men’s rugby national team, the Sables.
The Sables retained the Rugby Africa Championships title and secured qualification for the Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia, returning to the global stage for the first time since 1991.
They produced an unbeaten Rugby Africa Men’s Cup campaign, underlining their status as Africa’s top men’s XVs side outside South Africa.
They also achieved a historic rise in the World Rugby Rankings, climbing to 24th in the world and becoming the second-highest-ranked African team behind the Springboks.
We celebrate you, Sables and wish you a successful year ahead.
