Month: June 2014
Kenya Make Dream Start To World Cup Qualifiers
The Kenya fifteens made a dream start to their World cup qualifying campaign, by beating Namibia 29-22 at the Mahamasina stadium in Madagascar. It was anything but a dream start for the defending African champions in this match, going down 12-0 in the opening fifteen minutes, courtesy of a Heinrich Smit double. The Namibian forwards […]
Read More...Kenya And Namibia Name Strong Squads For CAR Cup Opener
Defending African champions Kenya, named a strong side for their opener against Namibia at the Mahamasina stadium in Madagascar. What a way to start the qualifiers, as the two enter this tournament as hot favourites to lift the African title and get the automatic ticket to the 2015 world cup. The two come into this […]
Read More...Kenya XV Side To World Cup Qualifiers Named
Head coach Jerome Paarwater named a 26 man Kenya XV squad to the world cup qualifiers to be held in Madagascar from the 28th of June. The 26 man squad draws heavily from the Tusker Simba side that took part in the Vodacom Cup earlier in the year. Of the 26, only six did not […]
Read More...It Is About More Than Just The Rugby
Over the last two years, rugby faithful and unfaithful alike have been treated to a festival of rugby unlike any other. In those two years, Masaku 7s has managed to curve out a niche for itself, and become one of the ‘must attends’ for many. It might not offer the best in terms of play […]
Read More...Saints And Mangu On The Verge Of Prescott Relegation
With one week to go in the pool phase of the 2014 Prescott Cup, Mangu High School and the St. Mary’s Academy are on the brink of relegation. After four rounds in Pool B, the Saints anchor this pool on 1 point, with no wins in four. The side was deducted 2 points for not […]
Read More...The Special One
The day you realise that there is more to life than rugby, is the day you will truly start to enjoy this game.” Ken Moseti, Philip Wamae, Ken Isindu, George Okowa, Peter Lugano, Evans Musili, Kevin Gacheru, Joseph Akiruga, Daniel Mubea. Sit any of these names down and ask them who the greatest influencers of […]
Read More...The Man Behind The Tactics
Approximately 2 months ago Vuyolwetu Zangqa popularly known as Vuyo or Vic as referred to by the beautiful Mrs. Siyanda Zangqa; was featured in the IRB Series of ‘Sevens Uncovered’ as the brains behind Kenya Sevens improved tactical approach during their 2013/14 HSBC World Series. ‘Since the introduction of Paul Treu and Vuyo Zangqa, […]
Read More...Tusker Simbas Narrowly Fall To Western Province
It was a story of two halves as a 30 man Tusker Simba squad fell 32-28 to a young DHL Western Province side at the RFUEA grounds. The hosts who used this fixture as preparation for the upcoming world cup qualifiers and utilised the full 31 man squad on the day, in an effort to […]
Read More...Kifaru Kifaru..KIFARU!!
The UAP Kifaru were 15-0 winners against the Nguvu Papa on the final weekend of the Bamburi Super series. That win came with three things for the side, sweet revenge against a side they had painfully lost to on Match day 2, the title of ‘The 2014 Bamburi Rugby Super Series Champions’ and a place […]
Read More...Kenya Name Strong Squad For Western Province Fixture
Head coach Jerome Paarwater named a strong 31 man Tusker Simba XV squad to play at the weekend against the visiting DHL Western Province. The side sees a host of changes most notably the inclusion of several players from the sevens team in the starting XV. This will be the second time that the Tusker […]
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