Zambia Rugby welcomes ‘Women in Rugby’ campaign

World Rugby launched the ‘Women in Rugby Global Marketing Campaign’ on Tuesday in Dublin, Ireland, with the Zambia Rugby Union (ZRU) welcoming the move with open arms.

Zambia Rugby Union president Clement Sinkamba said the Union has been working around the clock to ensure girl’s and women’s rugby gets an equal footing on the playing field.

“Our Executive has for the first time in history included a Women’s League which is running side-by-side with the Men’s League in the 2019 Season.

“The World Rugby Campaign which comes under the hashtag #TryAndStopUs resonates very well with our strategy of ensuring a ‘No Retreat – No Surrender’ kind of approach where we are rolling out the women’s game to almost all schools, high-learning institutions, and communities,” he said.

Sinkamba added that the Union has through its Get Into Rugby project been making steady headway aimed at growing the game with a bias towards girls and women’s rugby.

Get Into Rugby (GIR) Zambia manager Tom Chaloba said the Zambia Rugby Women’s League had ended with the Mufulira Leopardess Rugby Club being crowned winners in a final played at Mufulira.

The Leopardess Team beat second-placed Green Eagles Women’s Rugby 32-0 to cement their dominance on the local scene.

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