By Kalungi Kabuye

Rugby World Cup qualifiers
Uganda v Zimbabwe
Kampala RFC, 4:30pm

THE Uganda Rugby Cranes stand a chance to make history by taking the game further than it has ever gone.

A win over the Zimbabwean Sables today in the playoff for the sixth and final spot in the second round of the 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifiers would mean Ugandan rugby has reached heights it has never even looked at.

“It’s a tremendous feat, if you think about it, all the efforts in the past, and all the rugby that has even been played, we have never reached this point. It can be quite humbling, if you think about it,” rugby officials said. “After losing to Kenya at home, and now this, there must be quite some pressure on the team, to perform to their outmost.”

But national coach Yayiro Kasasa said the team was under no pressure whatsoever, and that they will play their game to their best, and is sure they will come through.

“Yes that loss to Kenya was very disappointing, more so to the players than anybody else, but we have moved on since then,” Kasasa said. “These guys are all battle hardened, we shall go out there, play our game, give our best, and then move on. There is no pressure on the boys at all, they are fit, psyched, and ready for the Zimbabweans.”