NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 29 – The national men’s sevens team was relegated to the 5th place semi-final after only managing one-win Pool D at the fourth round of the HSBC Sevens World Series in Seville, Spain.
After beating Canada 24-5 in the second match, following opening a 42-0 loss to Australia, Shujaa only needed a win against Scotland to advance into the quarters but the Innocent Simiyu charges lost 10-14.
Against Canada, Herman Humwa was first on the scoresheet with Tony Omondi converting the try in the fourth minute. This came after Canada’s Anton Ngongo had dotted down for his side’s sole unconverted try in the opening minute.
In the seventh minute, Alvin Otieno fended off his oncoming defenders to land Shujaa’s second try.
Come second half, Shujaa displayed excellent support play skills with offloads that led up to Tony Omondi going over for his try before Vincent Onyala sealed off the match with his converted try just after the hooter.
Shujaa securing a much needed 24-5 win.
Their third pool match against Scotland was a narrow 10-14 loss that confirmed Shujaa’s drop to the Challenge Trophy.
Scotland’s Gavin Lowe landed and converted his own try for an early 7-0 lead before Vincent Onyala went over the try line for Shujaa’s first unconverted try.
Half time scores read 7-5, in the second half, Olindi dotted down at the corner for Kenya’s second unconverted try before Ross McCann cut through Kenya’s defense to land a converted center post try. Shujaa going down 10-14.
The quarterfinal pairings will be confirmed after the day two action has concluded.
