As part of tier restructuring process, the Zimbabwe Rugby Union has fired commercial consultant Hugo Ribatika.

The for mer Mashonaland Eagles (cricket) chief executive has been relieved of his duties after the ZRU realised he was not adding any value to the organisation.

In a statement, the ZRU said this is only but the start of more changes that will be witnessed at the Union in the near future.

"All of these areas we believe are not giving us results and value. The first step in correcting this anomaly was to part ways with our Commercial Consultant with immediate effect.

":It is our belief that we were not gleaning any value from this department and there was need to restructure and bring on board people that will bring value to the game," said the ZRU