Richard Tsimba

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Key Information

Born	Richard Utete Tsimba (1965-07-09)July 9, 1965 Salisbury, Rhodesia
Died	April 30, 2000(2000-04-30) (aged 34)
School	Peterhouse Boys' School
Rugby union career
Position 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)
Position	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)
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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, Cleopatra Tsimba and 3 daughters, Tadiwa Lucy, Rutendo Ashley and Nyasha Tina Tsimba 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]

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

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