Kenya’s resurgence continues
Kenya Sevens players prepare for their match against England at the USA Sevens World Series tournament on February 15, 2015. PHOTO | WORLD RUGBY
What you need to know:
- In the Bowl quarters, Kenya found themselves trailing the Portuguese early. The ball was swung wide to Aderito Esteves, who exploited the space to touch down.
- Kenya skipper Andrew Amonde reduced the deficit to 5-7 before the break. Then Billy ‘The Kid’ Odhiambo would exhibit some individual brilliance to turn the Portuguese defence inside out with his tantalising run to score. Kenya dominated proceedings afterwards as Lavin Asego scored at the death.
- In their last pool match, England led 14-0 at the break with tries from Richard de Carpentier and Tom Mitchell but Oscar Ayodi hit back early in the second half.
Kenya Sevens rallied from behind to beat Portugal 17-7 in the Bowl quarter-finals of the USA Sevens in Las Vegas on Sunday.
In the pool stage, Kenya narrowly beat Canada 22-21 then lost to Argentina 14-19 and England 14-21 to drop to Bowl.
In the Bowl quarters, Kenya found themselves trailing the Portuguese early. The ball was swung wide to Aderito Esteves, who exploited the space to touch down.
Kenya skipper Andrew Amonde reduced the deficit to 5-7 before the break. Then Billy ‘The Kid’ Odhiambo would exhibit some individual brilliance to turn the Portuguese defence inside out with his tantalising run to score. Kenya dominated proceedings afterwards as Lavin Asego scored at the death.
In their last pool match, England led 14-0 at the break with tries from Richard de Carpentier and Tom Mitchell but Oscar Ayodi hit back early in the second half.
But Kenya’s resurgence was stopped as their defence caved in when Charlie Hayter retsored England’s healthy lead with a converted try.
Kenya were however determined to turn around the scores as Tony Owuor scored late.
