The Zimbabwe Under-18 schools rugby side is aiming to complete an unbeaten run at the National Girls Under-18 Festival after posting two wins over South Western Districts and Limpopo Blue Bulls in Kimberly.

Under the mentorship of veteran coach Nsikelelo “Sykes” Sibanda, the girl’s rugby side defied all odds to write their own piece of history when they finished in the top three in their debut appearance at the South African festival in Durban.

Then, Zimbabwe won two of their three games  taking the opener 12-7 over highly rated Eastern Province, before falling 27-0 to Border but got their act back together in their final game to get the better of South Western Districts winning 19-0.

However, this year they are aiming to go one better to finish the tournament unbeaten as they have a date against Eastern Province who lost their first game 3-12 to Western Province before a 17-10 loss to Border

And this year Zimbabwe have had their strongest start ever first a come-from-behind 20-5 win over South Western Districts before they thumped Limpopo Blue Bulls 46-5 at the Griqua Park.

“Basing on what we saw when EP played, we are looking at playing a running game. The psychology of the players is strong, they want to win,” said Sibanda.

While the girl’s sides face Eastern Province in their historic match, the Zimbabwe schools Under-17 boys side will be aiming to bounce back from their 20-12 loss to Valke on Wednesday to register a win over Namibia in the Grant Khomo Festival in Paarl.

After an impressive start with a 41-0 thumping of Border Country Districts, Zimbabwe failed to put up the same who against Valke who proved too powerful both on attack and in defence.

“We had a slow start against Valke, we aim to run the ball more and play expansively against Namibia. We know they are a physical side but we will play a passing and running game,” said Under-17 team manager Cris Mhike.