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Tapiwa Mugadza Sports Correspondent
The Zimbabwe Rugby Union annual meeting takes place this weekend in Harare and promises to be a landmark event. The current administration was ushered in after convincing stakeholders that they would deliver development and return the sport to its glorious past.

Zimbabwe used to have a vibrant top-tier league for leading teams and a competitive B league which was meant for development and second-string sides.

The current National Rugby League had eight teams in the 2013 season, while the rebranded Super Rugby League operated in fits and starts, with some teams collapsing.

The quality of rugby in all leagues leaves a lot to be desired. It is ironic that the vast high density suburb of Mbare has failed to raise a team of 22 players to participate in the league, yet it is home to rugby-playing institutions like George Stark, Harare and Mbare High and Mbare Academy. Where have all the players who represented them in the last three to five years gone?

Rugby in Zimbabwe is an amateur sport and there are no financial or material benefits gained from playing for the national teams.
What Zimbabwe Rugby needs are not office bearers who convene endless meetings and send lots of emails.

It needs people who are ready to get their hands dirty working for the betterment of the sport.