By Trevor Makonyonga
Zimbabwe has been selected as the host of the Rugby Africa pool D after Tunisia pulled out of the tournament.
The Zimbabwe Rugby Union (ZRU) confirmed this development in a statement.
“Zimbabwe will now host the pool D games after Tunisia failed to host the tournament after a surge in Covid-19 cases which saw them move from an orange to a red zone. Zimbabwe was on standby to host the games as the second highest ranked team in the group,” ZRU said.
Tunisia will not be part of the tournament after the team was not allowed to travel leaving Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe to compete.
“The tournament was dealt a further blow when Tunisia was denied permission to travel to Zimbabwe. This means the pool D games will now be a two team tournament to establish the ranking for the next stage of the competition in 2022”.
The tournament will be held between 16 and 22 of July with two games played under very strict Covid-19 guidelines with no spectators.
