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Nigel Matongorere • July 5, 2018 13:22 • 0 comments
HARARE – In a surprising twist, the Tunisia Rugby Union (TRU) has shamelessly denounced the behavior of the Sable players after it was over. they refused to Les Sables face Tunisia in a Rugby Africa Gold Cup match in 2018.
The Zimbabwe rugby team was first detained at the airport after arriving at the officials were asking for more than $ 600 visa processing fee for the entire delegation on Monday. This despite the fact that TRU has previously informed the Zimbabwe Rugby Union that the delegation of Sables would be exempted from paying this amount upon arrival.
Sands players then spent the night in the streets of Tunis with viral images on social networks. That did not go well with the TRU, which issued a statement yesterday afternoon denouncing the behavior of the delegation of Sands
"It is important to note that the delegation of Zimbabwe started complaining as soon as they arrive on July 2. "Indeed, the head of the delegation refused to pay the entry visa fees on Tunisian territories explaining that he did not have the amount requested knowing that the Tunisian union had previously informed Rugby Africa by mail on June 8, informing them ….
"Nevertheless, the head of the delegation persisted in not paying these fees, which caused a long delay. deadline for members of the delegation and four hours delay, we had to contact the CEO of Rugby Africa who spoke on the phone with the head of the Zimbabwe delegation who later agreed to pay the invoice for the visa fee.
"They're arrived at the hotel around 20:00. "Around 23:00, the head of the Zimbabwean delegation has reservations about the state of the bathroom in one of the rooms, the lack of a pool and the low speed of So he started talking about leaving the hotel on the pretext that he was not decent enough for his team.
"He asked all members of the delegation to take out their luggage, leave the hotel and spend the night outside.
On the issue of accommodation, TRU said: "They arrived at the hotel around 20:00, they arrived at the reception and all members of the Zimbabwe delegation were entitled to a dinner. reported.
"Around 23:00, the head of the Zimbabwean delegation has reservations about the state of the bathroom in one of the rooms, the lack of a swimming pool and the Low speed internet Then he started talking about leaving the hotel on the pretext that he was not decent enough for his team.
"L & # 39; Rapid intervention by the president and three members of the organizing committee was not enough to calm him down and convince him to spend the rest of the night at the hotel, making sure that he had a good time. they find solutions the next morning with the option of changing hotels. Instead, he asked all members of the delegation to take out their luggage, leave the hotel and spend the night outside on the floor. "
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