Rugby In Tanzania

Rugby is a sports game that’s played around the world in various countries. Just like how football has the UEFA champions league, Rugby has it’s own international level of competition called International Rugby board

Rugby is a sports game that’s played around the world in various countries. Just like how football has the UEFA champions league, Rugby has it’s own international level of competition called International Rugby board. Tanzania is a member of the IRB but has yet to play in the Rugby world cup.

Tanzania’s national rugby union team is known as the Twigas and the team represents Tanzania in International games. The teams ground is currently in Arusha, Friedkin Recreation Ground and the teams coach is Mike Beckner.

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In national levels, there are 4 rugby clubs registered under the Tanzania Rugby Union. One of the clubs is known as The Arusha Rhinos Rugby Football Club which is based in Arusha. Another Rugby club is the Dar es Salaam Leopards RFC based in Dar es Salaam and it’s one of the oldest clubs in Tanzania.

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It’s very rare to hear news about rugby matches in the country because it’s not the most popular sports loved by the natives. However, this sport does exist in Tanzania and it’s about time it receives recognition from the people. It’s a sport where you have exceptional strong men in opposing teams, and each team can carry, pass or kick the ball to the end zone to score as many points as possible. The team scoring the greater number of points is the winner of the match. It’s truly an interesting game and hopefully you can catch one rugby game for yourself.

By Edna Deus

Perspective on a legend: Denis Rodman

Denis Rodman is one to believe in the impossible. Born in Texas, Denis was not your average individual. His authentic characteristics played a massive part on his road to becoming an NBA all-star/Hall of famer.

In the time of his high school years, Denis was not the type of person to fit into crowds and to put it into a single modern day word, he was clinically Anti-social thus concluding his schooling years with a handful of dodgy friendships. But it wasn’t his fault still, imagine growing up not knowing your father in a household frantically occupied by the female gender, such an environment would inevitably leave a scar on your mentality.

After graduating high school, Denis was expected to do something with his life and having sisters who were prolific in sports would suite as a quintessential example but Denis had nothing in mind. Soon enough he acquired a job as an airport cleaner. The job seemed down to earth and Denis did not mind cleaning up after people. During this time, Denis found it appropriate to fondle and illegally claim watches from a nearby store that would later cause for his arrest.

After being arrested Denis served time and came out the same person he was, mentally and physically being five foot nine and a complex intuition. After spending sometime living with his mother, it reached a point when Denis became a man and needed to seek for greener pastures (He got kicked out of his mum`s house) preferably with less individuals to judge his personality.

Gradually but surely, the hardship would build Denis and make him consider his choices thus he decided to attend college where he was noticed by a scout.( the past months leading up to his move, Denis had considerably grown) Denis never liked basketball or anything really, but he decided he had to try out basketball  and the game immediately  accepted his presence. Before Dennis went pro, he appeared in a number of matches for his college team and was nicknamed the savage for his brutal force and rebounding ability which will prove vital for his future in the NBA.

After finishing his season in college, Denis Rodman was one of the rookies available for drafting that summer alongside plenty of talent. But Denis stood out and he inevitably got picked by the Detroit Pistons who admired his hardworking mentality. Playing in the NBA as a rookie can be hard, but if you’re Denis Rodman that idea would be far fetched. Critics would later realize that Denis played for the shear fun of it and not the money and his authentic approach towards the game inexplicably gained him plaudits and the award for the best defensive player in the league that year.

After that award, Denis was filled with an aura of hope and family which led him to stay in Detroit for years to come but nothing lasts forever, his coach had resigned and players who Denis thought were his brothers started to get drafted and it no longer seemed to be nostalgic. Denis hated playing for the pistons and he needed to move. During this time Denis affiliated with a woman and had a child with her. Now having two mouths to feed, a move seemed essential so he got drafted to the San Antonio spurs.

Being Denis Rodman, it didn’t matter what team he went to,  he just wanted to express himself on the court so after he signed he portrayed a new side of himself to his new team by engulfing his hair in the color blonde because of a film that inspired him. His reputation of being a savage on the court baffled his fan base and this led him to become more confident and brutal as his life revolved around clubs, girls, pessimistic trends such as tattoos, body piercings.

But these habits did not affect his performance and due to this the spurs were nicknamed the bad boys for having such a physical dominance on their oppositions, but Denis`s behavior would phase the team thus leading to a loss in the eastern conference against the Chicago bulls. Denis was now resented by the spurs and the feeling was mutual for Denis which meant he was banned for a couple of games which would lead to his move.

After Denis`s failed relationship with the spurs he decided to  move on but before he could get drafted he attempted to kill himself in his parked pickup truck right outside the crown Center but he fell asleep due to fatigue. Denis Rodman would later get drafted to the Chicago bulls with likes of Michael Jordan and Pipin. Early on this move seemed beneficial to the bulls leading to a trio of superstars working together in a monumental force, but Denis`s old demons would catch up to him resulting in the fall of the bulls. Denis Rodman would retire later on in the season known for his physical presence on the court, and his never give up attitude forever engraving his name in the hall of fame.