Tough test for Namibia against Tunisia

Tough test for Namibia against Tunisia The Namibian senior rugby team will take on Tunisia tomorrow in the 2017 Rugby Africa Gold Cup tournament.

Winning the cup would give Namibia the opportunity to play in the 2019 World Cup to be held in Japan from September 20 to November 2 2019.

The Welwitschias need to beat Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Uganda, Kenya and Senegal in their quest, as South Africa have already qualified.

The Gold Cup tournament is played over seven weeks in a series of home and away matches.

Elizma Theron. acting CEO at the Namibia Rugby Union, says because of studies, injuries, family crises and other commitments, 13 players are unavailable for this tour. This created an opportunity for a number of new players to be exposed to the national team setup. Namibia won the RA Gold Cup in 2014, 2015 and 2016. All matches of the Rugby Africa Gold Cup will be broadcast on the national broadcaster, NBC.



Touring squad:

Collen Smit, AJ de Klerk, Desiderius Sethie, Shaun du Preez, Orbert Nortje, Louis van der Westhuizen, Casper Viviers, Max Katjijeko, Mahepisa Tjeriko, Ruan Ludick, Thomasau Forbes, Wian Conradie, Rohan Kitshoff (Captain), Christo van der Merwe, Eugene Jantjies (Vice Captain), Damian Stevens, Lesley Klim, Darryl de la Harpe, Justin Newman, Gino Wilson, Johann Tromp, Helarius Kisting, David Philander and Chrysander Botha.



Dates for upcoming matches:

8 July Senegal (Home), 15 July Zimbabwe (Home), 22 July Uganda (Away) and 29 July Kenya (Home).



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