Panashe Muzambe

Panashe Muzambe (born 17 November 1995)[1] is a Scottish rugby union player. She is the first black woman to play rugby for Scotland.[2]

Life

Muzambe was born in Zimbabwe, growing up in Harare and Marondera. She moved to Scotland when she was 12 years old, attending St Augustine's High School, Edinburgh, where she played basketball. Going on to Edinburgh Napier University to study for a degree in sports science, she started playing rugby there. As well as playing for the university, she joined Watsonians ahead of the 2017/18 season. After gaining her BA, she continued studying for a master's degree in education.[3]

Muzambe first gained a place on the Scotland bench in March 2019, for the 2019 Women's Six Nations Championship match against England at Twickenham.[4]

Muzambe scored a try for Watsonians in their win against Hillhead Jordanhill in the final of the 2019 Tennent's Premiership.[5]

References
  1. "Panashe Muzambe". Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ‘This is what dreams are made of’, The Sunday Times, 26 July 2020. Accessed 26 July 2020.
  3. Muzambe: Zim’s ‘Flower of Scotland’, The Standard, 16 December 2019. Accessed 26 July 2020.
  4. Stuart Bathgate, Women’s 6N: Jenny Maxwell back at scrum-half for Scotland at Twickenham, The Offside Line, 14 March 2019. Accessed 26 July 2020.
  5. Gary Heatly, Panashe Muzambe stars as Watsonians triumph in Premiership final, The Offside Line, 16 December 2019. Accessed 26 July 2020.
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