Kangaru take silver in rugby 7s, Laiser Hill up against Ugandans
Kevin Mburu (left) of Kangaru School holds off Emmanuel Nduwayezu of Ste Familie from Rwanda on August 22, 2015 during the main cup final of sevens rugby at the 2015 Brookside East Africa secondary school Games at the TTC Save grounds in Rwanda. PHOTO | NATION |
What you need to know:
- Peter Niyoyita scored the first try for the hosts after just two minutes and Carlos Isimbi converted to give the home side a 7-0 lead.
- Two penalty conversions from Laiser Hill’s John Oliale handed the Kenyan champions the vital win.
- Fanuel Aduda-inspired Maseno beat Burundi’s EPCM 50-0 to move to 17 points. Aduda scored a hat-trick of tries on either side of halftime and set up three more for Walter Oteku
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Kenya’s Kangaru School settled for silver after losing 14-21 to home side Ste Familie in main cup final of rugby sevens played at the TTC Save grounds on Saturday.
Peter Niyoyita scored the first try for the hosts after just two minutes and Carlos Isimbi converted to give the home side a 7-0 lead. Before Kangaru could settle down, Familie extended their lead as Gerard Niyoneza touched down a try and Isimbi converted his second as the home team took a 14-0 lead at the drinks.
Jean Hakizimana added another try after the break, with Isimbi making it a hat-trick of conversions. Kangaru finally scored two tries through Hannington Mmboga, with Kelvin Mburu twice converting.
But it was too late for the Kenyans as the home side held on to take gold in the inaugural rugby sevens final. National champions St Peters Mumias took bronze after beating Uganda’s St Joseph Layibi 46-0 in the third place play-off. Kangaru coach Benson Mwenda was disappointed with the result, saying his team took time to settle down.
“We switched off in the first half and that is where the game was lost, we allowed our opponents too much time and they punished us, it is a bitter pill to swallow,” Mwenda said.
In rugby 15s, national champions Laiser Hill will be crowned winners if they avoid defeat in their final preliminary match against Uganda’s Hanah Mixed today. Laiser edged out compatriots Kakamega High 6-3 yesterday to record their fifth win from five matches played so far.
Two penalty conversions from Laiser Hill’s John Oliale handed the Kenyan champions the vital win.
Kenya will also be looking to take silver and bronze in the discipline. Second-placed Maseno will play third-placed Kakamega and hope Laiser Hill beat fourth placed Hana Mixed to enable Kenya sweep all the medals.
Fanuel Aduda-inspired Maseno beat Burundi’s EPCM 50-0 to move to 17 points. Aduda scored a hat-trick of tries on either side of halftime and set up three more for Walter Oteku.
