Zimbabwe will host at least two South Africa Rugby Gold Cup club games in the second and third rounds in September and October.

With the local qualifiers for the tournament still underway, Old Georgians, Harare Sports Club, Old Hararians and a side from Bulawayo are all in contention of the sole ticket.

Zimbabwe’s representatives will take first host Cape Town’s on Direct Axis False Bay on September 24 before hosting Durban’s SA Home Loans Durban Collegians the following week.

However, this will be after first travelling to Mpumalanga where they will face off against White River Rugby Club in the opening round on September 10 while their final group game will come against qualifiers from Valke.

The winners and runners’ up from each of the four pools will make it to the quarter finals with the respective group winners earning an automatic home quarter-finals set for October 15.

Full Fixtures

Round 1 (Sat 10 September)
Onelogix United Bulk Worcester Villagers v Tiger Wheel & Tyre Welkom Rovers (Boland Park, Worcester), Durbanville-Bellville v Mike Pendock Motors Old Selbornians (Durbell Rugby Club, Cape Town), Pirates v FNB Wanderers Windhoek (Pirates Rugby Club, Greenside, Johannesburg), Northam Platinum Rhinos v Rustenburg Impala (Northam Rugby Club, Limpopo), Direct Axis False Bay v SA Home Loans Durban Collegians (Philip Herbstein Field, Constantia, Cape Town), White River v Zimbabwe Qualifier (White River Rugby Club, Mpumalanga) Belaz Sishen v Pretoria Police (Sivos Stadium, Kathu), Don’s Pawn Shop PE Police v Bloemfontein Police (Kemsley Park, Port Elizabeth)

Round 2 (Sat 17 September)
Tiger Wheel & Tyre Welkom Rovers v Durbanville-Bellville (Rovers Rugby Club, Welkom), Qualifier 1 (TBC) v Onelogix United Bulk Worcester Villagers (Venue TBC), Pacaltsdorp Evergreens v Rustenburg Impala (Pacaltsdorp Sports Ground, George), Pirates v Northam Platinum Rhinos (Pirates Rugby Club, Greenside, Johannesburg), SA Home Loans Durban Collegians v White River (KP 10, Kings Park Complex, Durban), Valke Qualifier (TBC) v Direct Axis False Bay (Venue TBC), Pretoria Police v Don’s Pawn Shop PE Police (Police Rugby Club, Pretoria), Qualifier 2 v Belaz Sishen (Venue TBC)

Round 3 (Sat 24 September)
Mike Pendock Motors Old Selbornians v Onelogix United Bulk Worcester Villagers (Mike Pendock Motors Park, East London), Tiger Wheel & Tyre Welkom Rovers v Qualifier 1 (Rovers Rugby Club, Welkom), FNB Wanderers Windhoek v Northam Platinum Rhinos (Wanderers Club, Windhoek), Pacaltsdorp Evergreens v Pirates (Pacaltsdorp Sports Ground, George), Zimbabwe Qualifier v Direct Axis False Bay (Venue TBC), SA Home Loans Durban Collegians v Valke Qualifier (KP 10, Kings Park Complex, Durban), Don’s Pawn Shop PE Police v Qualifier 2 (Kemsley Park, Port Elizabeth), Bloemfontein Police v Pretoria Police (Bobbies Park, Bloemfontein).

Round 4 (Sat 1 October)
Qualifier 1 (TBC) v Mike Pendock Motors Old Selbornians (Venue TBC), Onelogix United Bulk Worcester Villagers v Durbanville-Bellville (Boland Park, Worcester), Northam Platinum Rhinos v Pacaltsdorp Evergreens (Northam Rugby Club, Limpopo), Rustenburg Impala v FNB Wanderers Windhoek (Impala Rugby Club, Rustenburg), White River v Valke Qualifier (White River Rugby Club),
Zimbabwe Qualifier v SA Home Loans Durban Collegians (Venue TBC), Qualifier 2 v Bloemfontein Police (Venue TBC), Belaz Sishen v Don’s Pawn Shop PE Police (Sivos Stadium, Kathu)

Round 5 (Sat 8 October)
Durbanville-Bellville v Qualifier 1 (Durbell Rugby Club, Cape Town), Mike Pendock Motors Old Selbornians v Tiger Wheel & Tyre Welkom Rovers (Mike Pendock Motors Park, East London), Rustenburg Impala v Pirates (Impala Rugby Club, Rustenburg), FNB Wanderers Windhoek v Pacaltsdorp Evergreens (Wanderers Club, Windhoek), Valke Qualifier v Zimbabwe Qualifier(Venue TBC), Direct Axis False Bay v White River (Philip Herbstein Field, Constantia, Cape Town), Bloemfontein Police v Belaz Sishen (Bobbies Park, Bloemfontein), Pretoria Police v Qualifier 2 (Police Rugby Club, Pretoria).

Quarter-finals (Sat 15 October – Pool winners host all matches)
Winner Pool C v Runner-up Pool D
Winner Pool B v Runner-up Pool A
Winner Pool D v Runner-up Pool C
Winner Pool A v Runner-up Pool B

Semi-finals* (Sat 22 October)
Winner Quarter-final 1 v Winner Quarter-final 2
Winner Quarter-final 3 v Winner Quarter-final 4
* For each semi-final, the team with the most log points in the pool stages shall host the match. If both both teams have equal log points, Section 2, Clause 1 of SA Rugby’s General Competition Rules shall apply to determine home-ground advantage.

Final* (Sat 29 October)
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2
* The team with the most log points in the pool stages shall host the final. If both both teams have equal log points, Section 2, Clause 1 of SA Rugby’s General Competition Rules shall apply to determine home-ground advantage.