Safaricom Sevens 2010

Kenya's Victor Sudi and Humphrey Kayange/Photo DAUDI WERE

The table is laid as the main competition of the top sixteen teams enters its first knockout round tomorrow at the RFUEA grounds from 9:00 am. After an impresive show today by the schools section where an all Kenyan final in both the Main Cup and Bowl competitions is expected, the stakes for the three Senior Kenya team representatives have now  been set high than ever. Gates open from early as 8:00 am with the first match piting defending champions Kenya versus Western raiders from Western Province which kicks off the day from 9:00 am. Kenya’s Chairman’s select play their first match aginst Le Bleus from France at 10:00 am while Shujaa enetertain Samurai from 10: 40 am.

Tomorrows matches are all pool game knockouts with only the top two teams in every pool proceeding to the next stages slotted for Sunday while the bottom two bid farewell to the tournament. It will be interesting to watch how the 2005 winners Samoa perform with most of their IRB series core players in the squad.

Meanwhile Kenya play their second match against Tanzania from 12:00 pm, before winding up their day’s events at 5:00 pm when they play the Asian Continent representatives Japan. Shujaa on the other hand play Emerging Boks from 1:20 pm and enetertain Morocco at 3:20 pm in their last pool match, while Chairman’s select’s 12:40 and 3:00 pm matches will be between Samoa and Uganda respectively.

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