LEAGUE champions, Red Arrows this afternoon take on 'Men At Work' Diggers in the inaugural Copperfields-sponsored Zambia Rugby Union (ZRU) Super Eight Rugby Championship aiming to wrap up the 2013 season on a high with a fifth silverware to in their cabinet.
The tournament that will be held at the Nchanga Rugby Club in Chingola will signal the end of the 2013 rugby season.
Arrows have, apart from winning the Buildcon/ZRU national league title, also won the Mufulira, Ndola and Owen Busange tournaments, while Diggers would be out to seek revenge against the airmen who dethroned them as league champions.
Diggers, who beat Green Eagles 7-3 to reach the semi finals, have already bagged the Knock-Out (KO) Cup and Heroes Sevens titles and are favourites going into this final to win and earn a third cup success.
Having lost 11-10 to Arrows in the last game of the league, coach Robertson 'Plough' Kang'ongwe knows very well what is at stake.
Kang'ongwe is recognises the fact that his team will need to be at its best to overcome an Arrows side that defeated 'Powerhouse' Lusaka 7-6 to get this far.
Kang'ongwe will bank on inspirational Beneya Mukwamba to lead his side to victory along with the likes of Ephraim Musukwa, Ackim Mushota, Patrick Chanda and Jessie Mazabuka and company, to get the title. Arrows coach Mwamba Mulenga will bank on the likes of Paston Chola, Terry Kaushiku, Peter Mulenga, Daniel Sakala, Larry Kaushiku and William Daka to claim another famous victory for a Diggers side that they twice beat in the league.
The tournament was introduced by the ZRU as a way of increasing competition among teams and also as a fundraiser for the union to improve operations of the secretariat.
The Martin Musunka-led executive committee also decided to give opportunities to perceived 'small' clubs the chance to host high profiled events with Nchanga hosting the Super Eight final, while the Kitwe Playing Fields (KPF) was host to the KO final as way of building capacity for the clubs.
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