Richard Tsimba

{{Short description|Zimbabwean rugby union player (1965–2000)}}

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| birth_name = Richard Utete Tsimba

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| birth_place = Salisbury, Rhodesia

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| school = Peterhouse Boys' School

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| spouse = Cleopatra Connolly

| children = Tadiwa/Lucy, Rutendo, and Nyasha Tsimba

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Richard Utete Tsimba (Salisbury, Rhodesia, 9 July 1965 – 30 April 2000) was a Zimbabwean rugby union player. He played as a centre. He was nicknamed "The Black Diamond".

Tsimba was the first black player to represent his country. He had 5 caps for Zimbabwe, scoring 3 tries, 12 points in aggregate. All his caps came at the Rugby World Cup. He played two games in the 1987 event, scoring two tries in the 21-20 loss to Romania on 23 March 1987 in Auckland. At the 1991 Rugby World Cup he was used in all three of Zimbabwe's games, scoring a try in the 52-8 loss to Japan on 14 October 1991 in Belfast.

He died in a car accident, aged only 34 years old. His wife and 3 daughters surviving him.

On 25 October 2012, he was posthumously inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame; his living younger brother and fellow Zimbabwe international Kennedy Tsimba was inducted alongside him.{{cite press release |url=http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid=2063965.html#tsimba+brothers+enter+irb+hall+fame |title=Tsimba brothers enter IRB Hall of Fame |publisher=International Rugby Board |date=25 October 2012 |accessdate=25 October 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027234003/http://www.irb.com/history/halloffame/newsid=2063965.html#tsimba+brothers+enter+irb+hall+fame |archive-date=27 October 2012 }}