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{{National rugby team

| band_name = The Pack

| country =Zimbabwe

| image = [[Image:Thepack.jpg|200px]]

| logo = Zimbabwe_rugby_team_logo.PNG

| caption = Cover of their mixtape album, Wolfpack Muzik Vol. 2

| union = Zimbabwe Rugby Union

| origin = [[Berkeley, California]]

| nickname =

| country = [[United States]]

| captain =

| music_genre = [[Hip hop]], [[Hyphy]]

| coach =

| record_label = [[Jive Records]]

| from =

| current_members = Young L, Lil Uno, Lil B, Young Stunna

| caps =

| top scorer =

| pattern_la = _white_hoops

| pattern_b = _whitehoops

| pattern_ra = _white_hoops

| leftarm = 32CD32

| body = 32CD32

| rightarm = 32CD32

| shorts = FFFFFF

| socks = FFFFFF

| first = [[British and Irish Lions|British Isles]] 24 - 11 Zimbabwe (as Southern Rhodesia)<BR/>([[July 30]], [[1910]])

| bigwin = [[Botswana national rugby union team|Botswana]] 10 - 130 Zimbabwe<BR/>([[September 9]], [[1996]])

| bigloss = [[Namibia national rugby union team|Namibia]] 68 - 8 Zimbabwe<BR/>([[September 25]], [[2004]])

| World cup apps = 2

| year = 1987

| best = No games won

}}

The Pack, formerly known as the Wolfpack, is a rap group from [[Berkeley, California]]. The group consists of Lil Uno, Lil B, Young L, and Young $tunna. The Pack was discovered by the veteran rapper [[Too $hort]] in 2005 while listening to one of their songs in a car as he was being driven to a show. He quickly went on a Bay wide hunt to find the group and sign them to his Up All Nite/ Zomba/ Jive record label.

The '''Zimbabwe national rugby union team''' are considered to be a third tier rugby union nation. The team has participated in rugby activities since the late 1800s with international matches being played as early as 1910.

The Pack's hit song "Vans" is number 23 on the top 30 hip hop charts, played on 65 hip hop stations nationwide and on 35 pop stations nationwide. The song featured a chorus of "Got my Vans on, but they look like sneakers; Wearing coke white but my Vans are cleaner." which many thought was synthesized, but was in fact the unedited voice of a real high school student. Their video "Vans" has been aired on BET but MTV refused to show the video for advertisement reasons. However, [[MTV]] airs an edited version of the video, in which the word "Vans" is censored in throughout the song. MTV's decision created controversy, with many accusing the network of a double standard.[http://www.eastbayexpress.com/Issues/2006-09-06/music/close2thaedge.html]<blockquote>

The national team has a long association with touring [[British and Irish Lions|British Isles]] teams, who would regularly play matches against them in their tours of [[South Africa]]. The earliest tour being in 1910. The side has also played [[All Blacks|New Zealand]] on several occasions, the first being in the late 1920s.

Several commentators on [Clyde] Smith's site[http://www.prohiphop.com/] pointed to other rap songs with overtly commercial messages bordering on product placement, such as Run-DMC's "My Adidas," Nelly's "[[Air Force Ones]]," and Busta Rhymes, P. Diddy, and Pharrell's "Pass the Courvoisier." Many questioned MTV's censorship policy, noting that "[[My Adidas]]" and "Pass the Courvoisier" aired on the channel, while BET aired "[[Air Force Ones]]."

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A remix was made to the "Vans" song featuring Mistah F.A.B. and Too $hort. Their debut EP, entitled [[Skateboards 2 Scrapers]], released on [[December 19]], [[2006]].[http://www.myspace.com/wolfpackmusik] Their single [[Vans]] received the number 5 spot on [[Rolling Stone]] Top 100 songs of the year for 2006. Their second single ''I'm Shinin''' also can be seen on [[Yahoo]] Music.

The Zimbabwe national rugby team have competed at two World Cups. The first in 1987 and the second in 1991. Zimbabwe did not win any of their fixtures. The team are also known as the '''Sables'''.

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==History==

===Early===

When the [[Pioneer Column]] arrived in [[Rhodesia]] from the [[Cape Province]] in [[1890]] it brought with it the country's first rugby players. The oldest clubs in the country, Queens and the Bulawayo Athletic Club, were formed in [[1894]] in [[Bulawayo]] and the Rhodesia Rugby Football Union was founded one year later in [[1895]].

==Discography==

The first tour by a Rhodesian team to [[South Africa]] took place in [[1898]], and was composed of players from the five biggest clubs in the two major settlements of Bulawayo and [[Harare|Salisbury]].

===EarlyAlbums===

*'''[[Skateboards 2 Scrapers]]''' (2006)

Singles:

**2006: "[[Vans]]" <small>(Produced by Young L)</small>

**2006: "I'm Shinin'"

**2006: "Ride My Bike"

*'''Gangsters & Strippers''' (2006)

===Rhodesia===

**2006: "Booty Bounce Bopper" <small>(Produced by Young L)</small>

A [[British and Irish Lions]] team played a side called Southern Rhodesia on [[July 30]] in 1910 in [[Bulawayo]], the Lions saw victory, beating the team 24 points to 11. Almost exactly 14 years passed until another touring Lions side would stop by and play another match against Rhodesia, on [[July 24]] 1924 in [[Salisbury]], the Lions won 16 to 3. On [[July 14]], 1928, Rhodesia played [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]], losing 8 to 44.

== External links ==

In 1938, in the middle of their tour of [[South Africa]], the British and Irish Lions played two matches against Rhodesia. The first, taking place on [[July 20]] saw the Lions win 25 to 11, three days later the Lions won again, 45 to 11. Both matches were played in Salisbury and Bulawayo, as the previous games had been years earlier. In late July of 1949, two matches were played against New Zealand. Rhodesia won the first 10 to 8, whilst the second game was a draw 3 all.

*[http://www.myspace.com/wolfpackmusik Official MySpace page.]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhGO5f8gdWQ Original "Vans" music video on [[YouTube.com]]]

*[http://www.urbnmix.net/index.php/music-video-code/pack_the_im_shinin/ "Im Shinin" Music Video]

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The 1955 tour of South Africa by the British and Irish Lions saw a repeat invitation of two games against Rhodesia. The first on [[July 27]] in [[Kitwe]] was a victory for the Lions, 27 to 14. The second match was another victory, but a closer scoreline, the Lions winning 16 to 12 in Salisbury.

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In 1960,New Zealand again returned to play a match on [[July 2]], Rhodesia losing 14 to 29. The 1962 tour of South Africa by the British and Irish Lions had Rhodesia as the opening fixture in the massive tour which went from late May until late August. The opening game of the Lions tour saw the visitors win in [[Bulawayo]], beating Rhodesia 38 to 9 on [[May 26]]. The next tour, six years later was another victory for the Lions in Salisbury, beating the side 32 to 6. In 1973 Rhodesia played a one-off match against [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]], winning 42 to 4. In 1970 Rhodesia played New Zealand on [[July 27]], losing 14 to 27. In 1974, the Lions were back at [[Salisbury]] where they defeated Rhodesia 42 to 6, Rhodesia winless despite now having a long tradition of involvement with British Irish tours of South Africa. The coming decades of the 1960s and 1970s saw a number of home-grown players considered good enough to be selected for [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]].Rhodesia’s rugby playing strength reached its peak in the early to mid 1970s seasons when the country possessed 49 clubs, putting together 102 teams.

===Zimbabwe===

In [[1980]] the Rhodesia Rugby Football Union was renamed the [[Zimbabwe Rugby Union]] when the country's name changed as well. Ties with South Africa and the [[Currie Cup]] were also ended. They played their first game as [[Zimbabwe]] on [[July 7]], 1981 against [[Kenya national rugby union team|Kenya]], winning 34 to 24. During the 1980s, Zimbabwe started playing more international fixtures, with matches regularly taking place against teams such as Kenya, the [[Soviet Union]], [[Spain national rugby union team|Spain]] and [[Romania national rugby union team|Romania]]. In 1986 Richard Tsimba became the first Black African player to play for Zimbabwe. In 1987 they were invited to participate in the [[1987 Rugby Union World Cup|World Cup that year]]. Zimbabwe lost all three of its pool matches.

During the 1990s the Zimbabwe national team played regularly against [[Namibia national rugby union team|Namibia]] as well as playing against the [[Ivory Coast national rugby union team|Ivory Coast]] and [[Morocco national rugby union team|Morocco]] on a few occasions. In 1991 the team was again competing at the World Cup. Placed in pool B amongst sides [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]], [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]], but failed to win any games.

In June of 2005, Zimbabwe started on the road to the [[2007 Rugby Union World Cup|2007 World Cup]], defeating [[Senegal national rugby union team|Senegal]] 21 to 15 in the Africa round 1B: Pool A. But lost their second match against [[Cote D'Ivoire]]. Zimbabwe had a disapointing [[2006 Africa Cup]] campaign, finished third in their group with Madagascar and Zambia.

== References ==

* [http://www.samara.co.zw/zru/history.html About ZRU] ''[[Zimbabwe Rugby Union]]'' URL accessed February 17, 2006.

* [http://www.rugbydata.com/rhodesia Rhodesia profile] ''RugbyData'' URL accessed February 17, 2006.

* [http://www.rugbydata.com/zimbabwe Zimbabwe profile] ''RugbyData'' URL accessed February 17, 2006.

* [http://www.lionsrugby.com/timeline.html Lions timeline] ''LionsRugby'' URL accessed February 18, 2006.

==See also==

* [[Zimbabwe Rugby Union]]

* [[Zimbabwe at the Rugby World Cup]]

* [[Africa Cup]]

==External links==

* [http://www.zimrugby.co.zw Zimbabwe Rugby]

* [http://www.irb.com/InTouch/Regions/UnionInfo.htm?Country=ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe] at IRB

* [http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/EN/RWC+Qualifying/Fixtures/ RWC 2007 Fixtures / Results]

[[Category:Rugby union in Zimbabwe]]

[[Category:African national rugby union teams]]

[[fr:Équipe du Zimbabwe de rugby à XV]]