{"id":444029,"date":"2011-06-20T05:44:46","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T05:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/20\/zambia-injury-woes-derail-rugby-squad-prep\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T05:44:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T05:44:46","slug":"zambia-injury-woes-derail-rugby-squad-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/zambia-injury-woes-derail-rugby-squad-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia: Injury Woes Derail Rugby Squad Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"40.3221128949\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.co.zm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/timeszambia180.jpg\" alt=\"The Times of Zambia (Ndola)\" title=\"Visit The Times of Zambia (Ndola)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>17 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Zambia 15s rugby squad that is in camp preparing for the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Africa Cup qualifier against Cameroun have suffered another setback after Isaac Munganga was ruled out through injury.<\/p>\n<p>Munganga&#8217;s injury brings the number of players that have been ruled out of the qualifier through injury to four after Musonda Kaminsa, Jonathan Mambilima and Terry Kayumba who were excluded on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview after training yesterday, head coach Robertson Kang&#8217;ongwe confirmed the injury of Munganga who tore his knee ligaments during a warm up match against a Lusaka Select side on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Kang&#8217;ongwe said during the same game, Diggers prop Lazarous Chiti also injured the muscles in his toe but is expected to recover in time to make the final team that leaves for Yaounde tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>He said Chiti had a 50-50 chance of recovering from his injury depending on the outcome of the expected assessment by the doctors and that the latest exclusion had not dampened the morale in camp.<\/p>\n<p>The coach who is assisted by Red Arrows coach Noble Chisenga said aside from the injuries that have rocked the Zambia 15s camp, the team was responding well to training and had quickly gelled into a team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The few days we have been in camp, the players have already learnt how to play as a team and we are happy with the effort everyone is putting in. We asked for commitment from them and so far we are getting it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said Cameroun would be difficult opponents to play against knowing the physical presence of the West Africans who last played Zambia in a 2006 CAR World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>Kang&#8217;ongwe said Zambia would not be cowed by the home ground advantage the Camerounians will be enjoying when they meet in the CAR Africa Cup qualifier on Tuesday, June 20 and that the team is going to Younde with qualification to the continental Cup as the minimum target.<\/p>\n<p>Zambia opens her qualifying campaign on Tuesday against Cameroun before facing the winner between neighbours Botswana and Senegal both of whom were also in the same pool as Zambia during the last qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106200025.html\" title=\"Zambia: Injury Woes Derail Rugby Squad Prep\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zambia: Injury Woes Derail Rugby Squad Prep<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 17 June 2011 The Zambia 15s rugby squad that is in camp preparing for the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Africa Cup qualifier against Cameroun have suffered another setback after Isaac Munganga was ruled out through injury. 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