Richard Tsimba

Birth name	Richard Utete Tsimba
Date of birth	(1965-07-09)July 9, 1965
Place of birth	Salisbury, Rhodesia
Date of death	April 30, 2000(2000-04-30) (aged 34)
School	Peterhouse Boys' School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Current team -- Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1985-87 1987-89 1990-95 Chaminuka RFC Belmont Shore RFC Old Georgians RFC () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1987-1991  Zimbabwe 5 (12)

Richard Utete Tsimba (Salisbury, Rhodesia, 9 July 1965 – 30 April 2000) was a Zimbabwean rugby union player. He played as a centre. He was nicknamed "The Black Diamond".

Tsimba was the first black player to represent his country. He had 5 caps for Zimbabwe, scoring 3 tries, 12 points in aggregate. All his caps came at the Rugby World Cup. He played two games in the 1987 event, scoring two tries in the 21-20 loss to Romania on 23 March 1987 in Auckland. At the 1991 Rugby World Cup he was used in all three of Zimbabwe's games, scoring a try in the 52-8 loss to Japan on 14 October 1991 in Belfast.

He died in a car accident, aged only 34 years old. His wife and 3 daughters surviving him.

On 25 October 2012, he was posthumously inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame; his living younger brother and fellow Zimbabwe international Kennedy Tsimba was inducted alongside him.[1]

References

1. "Tsimba brothers enter IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 25 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

External links

• Richard Tsimba at the World Rugby Hall of Fame
• Richard Tsimba at ESPNscrum
• Richard Tsimba at ItsRugby.co.uk