Rugby in Kenya

• Tunisia Update

  Posted: October 31, 2008, 7:46 pm by DataMiner

  Kenya has so far beaten Tunisia II 45-0 and Namibia 31-12. We play Senegal later then Uganda in our last and toughest match of the day, then Semi finals tomorrow. UPDATE: We have beaten Uganda 31-0. We play Senegal tomorrow morning then await the semis. We're in a good position now. Only 3 teams qualify for the World Cup so that's both finalists and the best loser in the Semis (me-thinks,

• Sevens World Cup Qualifiers

  Posted: October 31, 2008, 2:37 pm by DataMiner

  The games have commenced in Tunis,Tunisia. Withdrawals by several teams has seen the event have only 9 teams participating. The strongest in Africa remain though so it is still quite a contest. Kenya has been grouped in Pool A with Uganda, Namibia, Senegal and Tunisia B, included to create an even 5 teams per pool so number of games is the same for all teams in the preliminary round. Pool B

• Kabeberi Sevens Draw

  Posted: October 30, 2008, 5:08 pm by DataMiner

  The draw for this weekend's Kabeberi Sevens is as below. POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D KCB NAKURU MWAMBA MACHINE USIU NONDIES STRATHMORE IMPALA QUINS KCA NAZARENE DAYSTAR CATHOLIC UNI M.MULIRO MOI UNI BLAKBLAD I will post the standings shortly. The battle though is only for second position. With the National Team away in

• Kenya 7's in Tunisia

  Posted: October 30, 2008, 1:45 pm by DataMiner

  The team is in Tunisia for the Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifiers. The matches are on tomorrow and Saturday. We wish the team well. The squad is as below. Humphrey Kayange (captain), Collins Injera, Lavin Asego, Horace Owiti (Mwamba), Biko Adema, Benedict Nyambu (Nondescripts), Brian Nyikuli, Naftaly Bondo, Innocent Simiyu (Impala), Dennis Mwanja (Kenya Commercial Bank, assistant captain),

• National Sevens Circuit - Week 3

  Posted: October 27, 2008, 6:22 pm by DataMiner

  With Mwamba managing to get to the semi finals of the Christie Sevens over the weekend, they have all but retained the National Sevens Circuit. It needed a Nakuru win to ensure that the points difference was not too great going into the last leg next weekend, however it was not to be so. Now Mwamba only need to get to the quarter finals of the Kabeberi Sevens to secure the title. I'm sure they

• Christie 7's Results

  Posted: October 26, 2008, 9:00 pm by DataMiner

  KCB beat Nakuru 24 12 to win the event. The Mwamba reserves did not live up to the challenge but did enough to almost secure the circuit trophy.

• Christie Sevens Draw

  Posted: October 24, 2008, 2:17 pm by DataMiner

  The draw for the third leg of the Wester Union National Sevens Circuit is as below. POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D MWAMBA STRATHMORE NAKURU NONDIES MACHINE IMPALA KCB QUINS KCA DAYSTAR BLAKBLAD USIU METHODIST HEATHENS CATHOLIC NAZARENE The National Team Players will not be in their teams and Mwamba is the most depleted side.

• Weekly Ramble

  Posted: October 22, 2008, 9:15 pm by DataMiner

  Events of these past few weeks and in general this year have left me wondering one major thing. Are we headed in the right direction? As much as I'm a fifteen a side rugby die hard, one cannot escape the reality that the seven a side version is a real spectator spectacle. With the sheer speed and athleticism displayed, and the lack of slow rolling mauls and the likes, it is just what the

• Mwamba Take Driftwood

  Posted: October 21, 2008, 2:54 pm by DataMiner

  Once more Mwamba were head and shoulders above all and took the Driftwood 7's Rugby Tournament with relative ease. They were barely tested, save for the semi final, but were commanding in their display of 7's rugby. You can read match reports here and here and here. This week, a change in my weekly ramble based on what I have seen in 7's so far. Techonology failure prevented me from updating

• Driftwood Draw Released

  Posted: October 15, 2008, 7:14 pm by DataMiner

  The draw for this weekend's action is as below. POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D MWAMBA IMPALA KCB NAKURU STRATHMORE MACHINE QUINS NONDIES JKUAT KCA BLAKBLAD USIU DAYSTAR NAZARENE MOMBASA M.MULIRO Quite a straight forward draw based on the points taken in during last weekend's action in Nakuru. Pools C and D seem the toughest, but

• Weekly Ramble

  Posted: October 15, 2008, 12:46 pm by DataMiner

  Just a revisit of a past post by Ruggerbug but with a different twist to it this time. Though it seemed a largely rhetorica question at the time, events that have taken place since adds credence to that post. A few things we have harped upon seem to have found the right ears, however, maybe we need to find all the ears that are required. Two main things for today. Firstly the Union, my

• Guest Post

  Posted: October 14, 2008, 7:27 pm by ruggerbug

  This came by e-mail from a rugby supporter.  It is along the lines we have been writing all along.  We wish the game well. Sport Finance : Rugby on high but pitfalls ahead One cannot faill to appreciate the sponsors who are falling over themselves to put money in rugby. The last few months have seen Zain, PostaPay and now western Union really pump in money into the game. The KRFU coffers have

• NSC Week 1

  Posted: October 13, 2008, 2:26 pm by DataMiner

  The weekend was quite one to behold. Despite the rust showing in most of the players, the matches were pretty exciting. Mwamba emerging tops was no surprise to many but the competition was clear to see. It was just surprising that Impala who should have had the longest time training for this event failed to sparkle. Despite Mwamba being head and shoulders above the rest, what was very clear

• Mwamba win 7's

  Posted: October 11, 2008, 10:15 pm by DataMiner

  Mwamba have blown away Impala to win the first round of the circuit. More to follow.

• Prinsloo Sevens Day 1

  Posted: October 11, 2008, 2:34 pm by DataMiner

  Qualifiers for the main cup quarter finals are Quins, KCB, Impala, Machine, Mwamba, Strathmore and Nakuru. I've missed one qualifier and I will confirm it shortly. Highly rated Uganda failed to make the cut from the pool of death. Pairings are as names except for the last team I'm missing. Semi Final pairings will be up after the Quarter finals.

• Nakuru Prinsloo Sevens

  Posted: October 9, 2008, 7:25 pm by DataMiner

  POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D POOL E POOL F MWAMBA IMPALA NAKURU KCB BLAKBLAD STRATHMORE USIU DAYSTAR JKUAT MACHINE NONDIES QUINS MASINDE MUL NAZARENE KABARAK KCA EGERTON UN UGANDA KIMATHI UNI R.BUFFALOES ELD EXILES BUNGOMA R CATHOLIC U MT KENYA UN The draw is as above. Seeding for the pools is based

• Nakuru Prinsloo Sevens

  Posted: October 9, 2008, 6:54 pm by DataMiner

  POOL A POOL B POOL C POOL D POOL E POOL F MWAMBA IMPALA NAKURU KCB BLAKBLAD STRATHMORE USIU DAYSTAR JKUAT MACHINE NONDIES QUINS MASINDE MUL NAZARENE KABARAK KCA EGERTON UN UGANDA KIMATHI UNI R.BUFFALOES ELD EXILES BUNGOMA R CATHOLIC U MT KENYA UN The draw is as above. Seeding for the pools is based on final standings during last year's Sevens Circuit. The non participating teams are drawn

• Weekly Ramble

  Posted: October 8, 2008, 12:56 pm by DataMiner

  The past three weeks has seen a flurry of activity on the Rugby front. Sponsors seem to be falling out of the skies to support rugby. Zain started the flood, followed by Posta and now Western Union. Kenyan Rugby does seem to be attracting sponsors, finally. I dont know if it is the appointment of a General Manager that has put the house in order, or the directors are finally pulling the

• Quins Sweep Grandslam

  Posted: October 6, 2008, 1:04 pm by DataMiner

  Both Harlequin sides put up match winning performances to win both the second and first division Grandslam trophies. There was nothing impressive or outrightly brilliant in their performances, but they did just what is required to win the matches and with it a combined purse of Ksh. 300,000.00. The focus will now shift to the Sevens Circuit that begins with the Prinsloo Sevens in Nakuru this

• Quins win Grandslam

  Posted: October 5, 2008, 5:33 am by DataMiner

  Quins defied all odds and won both trophies on offer. Well done to them and three hundred thousand richer.

• The Grandslam

  Posted: October 3, 2008, 4:10 pm by DataMiner

  The game is tomorrow and I'd say a whole lot of people are looking forward to it. Despite my previous post that the game means nothing, talking to a few players here and there and from media reports, both teams want the trophy badly. Add to that the winner-take-all situation where only the winner will pocked a cool Ksh. 200,000.00 and that is ample motivation. The billing of the game to see

• Weekly Ramble

  Posted: October 1, 2008, 2:38 pm by DataMiner

  The fifteen aside season is basically over and all the laurels have been won. The so called Grandslam/Supremacy Cup is a sham to me as it means nothing. Who really cares which team, the Kenya Cup Champion and the Enterprise Cup Champion wins? What does that game mean? That one team is the best in Kenya this season? That one team has not had any game for four weeks while the other has had

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