Month: February 2013
The Weekend of Champions.
It was a weekend of champions as the 2012/13 league season came to an end in front of an estimated crowd of 6,000 at the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani. The Trophies. The Chairman’s league final got proceedings under way with the Catholic Monks managing to get past the Daystar Falcons 16-9. The Monks […]
Read More...May The Champions Stand Up!
After 12 rounds of play across the leagues, we are finally left with 8 sides but only 4 spots of glory, this Saturday 4 championship matches are lined up at the Moi Sports Center Kasarani. In the Chairman’s league, the Daystar Falcons face Catholic university Monks in the first championship match of day. The two […]
Read More...The Semi Finals Review.
The identity of the eight sides that will be doing battle at the Kasarani stadium for the four league titles was finally revealed. The list of 8 includes some familiar names, names that have had past glories and several first timers. In the Chairman’s league, it will be the Monks of Catholic university taking on […]
Read More...The Semi Finals Weekend.
With the league phase in the top two leagues finally done and the Quarter finals already played out in the other two, this weekend sees action move into the penultimate stage, the Semi finals. In the Chairman’s league, the Daystar Falcons booked their place in the Semi finals after beating Kemu Nairobi 11-6. That result […]
Read More...The Vegas and Closing Day Review.
After the first class performance in Wellington, nothing had prepared us for what is a USA sevens to forget. Some would argue that they saw it coming but in all honesty no one saw this. It looked like the ghosts of last season had come back to haunt us in Vegas. This leg serves as […]
Read More...It is Our Time!
Another weekend of early mornings awaits us as the mboys kick off their campaign in Vegas against Canada on Saturday, 3:44 am EAT. Back home, it’s closing day as clubs play their final league fixtures as we head into the play offs. The Nationwide and Chairman’s leagues are already in the play offs, with the […]
Read More...The Hertz 7’s and Match Day 10 Review.
If I had to pick my most memorable rugby weekends, this past one would definitely feature in the top 3 and for obvious reasons. The Mboys… The mboys in Wellington brought a whole nation and indeed half the rugby world to their feet, then to their knees, then on their bums all in 20 or […]
Read More...Game Day 10 and the Hertz Day two Preview.
We start off with the just concluded day 1 of the Hertz sevens in Wellington Newzealand, where the mboys put out a great display winning all their pool matches and march on to the Main Cup Quarters. Here are those results for you: Kenya 24-12 France Kenya 12-0 Argentina Kenya 17-10 Tonga. Oscar Ouma vs […]
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