1998 - 1999
Robin Jones kicked off the introduction of Rugby at Baobab. This was whilst the school was situated on two campuses and with few senior students. At this point in time the school competed at both Under 10 and Under 12 Levels with games being played at Lusaka Rugby Club in the Showgrounds. Robin was also heavily involved in the setting up of Rugby Development in Lusaka Schools’. Due to this foundation, Rugby both in Baobab and Lusaka finds itself at the levels that it is at today.

2000 - 2001
This was the first year that rugby was played at secondary school level at Baobab College. It was also the first year that a one-day sevens tournament was played in addition to the weekly leagues. This was won at Under 12 level by Birdsfield and at Under 19 level by a very strong Chengelo team. The Under 19 Baobab side were unbeaten in their league and the only losses were suffered at the hands of Chengelo; 55-5 at fifteen-a-side and also during the sevens tournament. This year also saw two of the team, Ryan Collett and Thomas Zebron, picked to represent Zambia at Under 20 level for a tournament in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.

Baobab also played a role in the Lusaka International Mosi 7’s for the first time in this year. Baobab hosted a coaching clinic that was run by the entire Western Province squad and some of the Samurai squad. Over two hundred pupils drawn from ten different schools attended the clinic. It was an event that helped enormously with the development of rugby within Lusaka. In addition all the foreign teams playing in the tournament had training sessions at Baobab.

2001 – 2002
Baobab College enjoyed great success in rugby during this year. It was the first season that the senior Under 19 team went unbeaten, winning every single game. The senior team also enjoyed success at the Mosi 7’s by winning the schools’ trophy beating Kamwala Secondary School in the final. This was the culmination of a four-week seven-a-side league held at Baobab College made possible by sponsorship from Sunshine Seedlings and SeedCo. The senior team also had the opportunity to play (albeit touch rugby) with both the Samurai and Western Province teams. This was a memorable afternoon for the boys as they managed to make a few breaks and even score a try!

Ryan Collett and Thomas Zebron continued their success of the previous year by being selected for Lusaka Schools’, Midlands Schools’ and Zambia Under nineteen. Thomas went on to represent Zambia at Under-21 level in the victory against Botswana. Ryan featured during the Mosi 7’s for the Gymkhana team, winning many plaudits along the way. In addition Sebastian Sharp, Phillip Duncan, Christopher Bettesworth, Michael Henderson, Mwelwa Manda, Sandu Kalenga and Kevin Mulders were picked for the Lusaka Schools’ team that lost to Chengelo.

Once again Baobab hosted the coaching clinic held during the Mosi 7’s which saw even more boys and players attend than during the previous year. Links were strengthened with Lusaka Rugby Club as Baobab hosted three national league fixtures on behalf of the club. It proved to be a good alternative home ground for the club as they won all the fixtures on their way to becoming league champions. Both the Botswana and Swaziland national sides also used our facilities as they prepared for their tri-nations fixtures with Zambia.

2002-2003
The college hosted both the Under-14 and Under-19 Lusaka schools’ league, which saw some two hundred and fifty pupils from fourteen schools play competitive rugby at Baobab. Since narrowly losing their first game the Baobab senior team won all their fixtures in the main league scoring an average of almost forty points per game whilst only conceding four tries. Unfortunately they were unable to repeat their success of the previous year at the Mosi 7’s losing in the final to Arakan High school 7-5.

Once again a number of the team played representative rugby; Gary Mclean, Sebastian Sharp, Tawanda Chawira, George Roberts, Kyembe Kapumba and Chaka Nyathando all featured for Lusaka Schools’ in the curtain raiser game for the Zambia v Zimbabwe international.

The Zambia National team took advantage of our quiet, remote and isolated facilities to prepare themselves for the Zimbabwe fixture. It helped enormously as Zambia recorded its first ever victory over its neighbour.

The senior team once again had a run out with their old friends from Western Province when Baobab continued its hosting of the schools’ clinic, which saw over 350 boys benefit from the expertise of Western Province, British Army, Blue Bulls, Mpumalanga, Botswana and Samurai. The semi-finals of the schools’ 7’s were played on the same afternoon, Howard Graham the then England 7’s team captain refereed Baobab’s game with Libala.

As fundraising for a tour of Botswana, Baobab organised the first ever Touch Rugby 7’s Fun Day. Despite the efforts of the weather it was an excellent afternoon with twelve teams taking part. Armcor, Turner Construction, Bestobell, AAI and, Corpus Globe all participated as corporate teams. The main event was won by Gymkhana who beat Armcor in the final. Turner Construction, who beat the Government Schoolteachers’ team in the final, won the shield competition. One of the undoubted highlights was seeing the Baobab teachers’ team assisted by friends beating their protégé’s in the quarterfinal.

2003
In 2003 Baobab College went on tour to Botswana beating Maun Secondary (ranked 3rd in Botswana) 66 –0 then beat Maun Dogs (adult club side) 13-0. The funds raised from the 7s funday enabled the college not only to take on tour players from it own environs, but also, to invite a number of promising school boys from government schools to join the team on tour. The tour was of great benefit to all of the boys that traveled, as was shown by the fact that eight of the college team were picked to represent zambia at Under 19 level in world cup qualifying games and three of the guest players were selected to play for the Lusaka B team.

2004
Yambala Chelemu, a regular Baobab College player was awarded school colours for having represented Zambia at the Cottco festival, a feat that he has achieved on three occasions along with further appearances in international tournaments v Botswana and Zimbabwe. Baobab College also built a stronger relationship with Lusaka Rugby Club, with a number of players joining the senior training sessions and breaking into the club B team

2005
During the 2005 season, three Baobab pupils represented Lusaka Rugby Club in senior team matches. This coupled with the fact that the College was used as the national sides training base continued to strengthen the bond between Baobab College, Lusaka Rugby Club and the Lusaka Mosi International 7s.

2006
In 2006 the Baobab 7’s continued to go from strength to strength with a ladies tournament being one of the highlights of yet another rainsoaked but fun day. The ladies event has led to the inclusion of ladies rugby in this year's Lusaka Mosi International 7s giving you the chance to judge the future of ladies rugby in Zambia, when the young girls from Baobab go up against their senior counterparts from Lusaka Rugby Club and Red Arrows.

Currently out of a student population of 480 (2 year olds up to 18), three quarters learn rugby in PE and 110 train on a regular basis. This includes boys under 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 and Girls sides, showing that Baobab College is at the forefront of developing our young national team stars of the future.