Kenya retain their Safari Sevens title
By Michael Kwambo and Louis Kisia
Collins Injera scored four tries as Kenya retained the Tusker Safari Sevens Main Cup title, turning in a masterful display in their 40-19 demolition job of the Emerging Boks in the final.
They started the game on a high, restricting the Boks to their own half but were caught cold when Lewis Marlon slipped through the Kenyan defence to touch down under the posts. Ashwill Peteers converted as Kenya trailed 0-7.
This try seemed to stir the defending champions into action. Upon regaining possession, Lavin Asego played the ball to the indefatigable Collins Injera who ran fifty yards to score under the posts. Asego’s conversion restored parity at 7-7.
Seemingly rattled, the Emerging Boks lost possession, allowing Kenya to score a second try through Innocent Namcos Simiyu. Asego was sure with the conversion.
Kenya 14 Emerging Boks 7.
Ben Nyambu picked up a stray Boks pass, offloading the ball to Simiyu who played in Injera. The Kenya winger was only too happy to do what he does best…score a try. Asego converted.
Kenya 21 Emerging Boks 7.
Kenya retained possession from kick off and squandered an opportunity to extend their lead. They would soon make amends when Injera rode a heavy Emerging Boks tackle to complete his hat-trick. Asego missed the conversion
Kenya 26 Emerging Boks 7 at half time.
Eager to retain the title, Kenya began this half with vigour but were again caught cold when Jacobus Schobart scored his side’s second try. Maarvin Christians converted.
Kenya 26 Emerging Boks 14
Christians soon beat his markers but knocked on on the try line, denying the Boks that crucial try. His side would soon rue this when they conceded a penalty try that Asego converted.
Kenya 33 Emerging Boks 14.
With two minutes left, Biko Adema played in Injera who beat his man to score his fourth try of the match and end the match as a contest. Asego converted.
Kenya 40 Emerging Boks 14.
Dean Scholz scored a late consolation try for the Emerging Boks as the buzzer went.
The crowd broke into shouts of “Okombe!!”, celebrating the 40-19 win over the Emerging Boks.
Kenya team manager, Oscar Osir spoke to Safarisevens.com ahead of the match and said, “the best two teams have qualified for the final. The Kenyan boys are hungry for the title as they would love to end their sevens season on a high.”
And indeed they ended their sevens season on a high.
Kudos to the losing finalists Emerging Boks who were worthy opponents in the final.
Kenyan captain Humphrey Kayange felt that Samoa and the Emerging Boks added that extra edge to the 2009 Tusker Safari Sevens event, noting that this was good for the game.
He added that with the Kenyan fans asking for nothing short of victory, they simply had to win this tournament.
Hamilton Raiders won the Plate final with a 19-12 win over Chairman’s select.
Bristol were Bowl winners courtesy of that hard fought 5-0 over Les Bleus Sevens while Japan won the Shield with a 22-0 win over Zambia.
Kenya Harlequin FC won the veterans over 35 category with a 17-5 over the RVA Vets. Western Province took the schools title with a 19-0 win over Nyanza while Mwamba I won the ladies title with a 54-0 win over Vivi.
It has been three great days of scintillating rugby action. See you again in 2010!
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Well done Kenya an emphatic win.
OK!! welldone!! Boys…Khayanke de OB and de lads ….Danke scön….U’ve done s proud!!!
All things constant! Brilliant.
Gallant and good tempered in the field,may we love the game above the prize!!!!,.
Big ups Kenya…Shujaas 2 the end.
Okombe! Okombe!! Okombe!!! We deserved what we got (and so did the opponents). Congratulations
Shikombe shikombe viva sevens Kenya, hope Harambee stars have seen how to win win and win. Shikombe! Congrats guyz
Im more than glad the rugby event was captivating and we crowned it all with a win, thanks to the IT team who kept us updated all through via the website.
The Safari Sevens has clearly outgrown the RFUEA grounds.
First, let me congratulate the Kenyan team for a spectacular show of classic rugby. That was fantastic and a clear validation that our Sevens game has finally come of age. Congratulations guys for retaining the title. You truly made us proud.
However, I would now like to share a few observations with organisers of the Safari Sevens, so that the event can better and better for both organisers and spectators alike.
I’ve been a fan of Kenyan rugby sevens since my high school days in “Changez”. Since its inception in 1996, I’ve hardly missed an opportunity to cheer our fast running players at the exciting annual Safari Sevens tournament. However, last weekend was a serious turning point for me in regards to this tournament.
Can someone at KRFU seriously explain why rugby fans should pay a whole 900/= for the Safari sevens event and then remain on their feet for a whole day for lack of sitting facilities at the RFUEA grounds? Arguably, this is the most expensive fee for a sporting event in Kenya and the least the Safari Sevens organisers should do is to provide adequate sitting facilities for the die-hard fans of the game.
My buddies and I arrived at the RFUEA grounds on Sunday 21st June at 11am and we could not even get a place to sit or stand to watch the action. At some point, I realised I was beginning to hassle with teenagers for standing space! “Tafadhili jo, you are blocking me,” was a frequent refrain among the crowd of standing spectators.
We tried making our way into the main stand, hoping to take advantage of sitting gaps, but this again did not work out. The security guards did not make this any easier, constantly harassing us, “Hey, move away from the path, you are blocking the spectators.” Its as if the seated guys had paid and we had walked in free!
We maybe die hard rugby fans but we had not completely taken leave of our senses. Needless to say, we wised up, cut our losses, and went home to catch the action comfortably on DSTV.
It’s at that moment as we walked out that the realisation hit me – KRFU managers and Safari Sevens organisers are taking Kenyan rugby fans for granted. We are being treated in the most cavalier manner imaginable. This shabby treatment of fans, especially people who have paid Ksh. 900/=, is simply unacceptable and must stop. Rugby fans need to be treated as customers of KRFU and they deserve full value for their money.
The most tragic phenomena is that almost half the grounds at the Safari Sevens are taken up by corporate/sponsors tents, leaving little precious room for die hard fans who have no access into these privileged bastions. Save for a few covered stands on the extreme ends of the grounds, spectators were crudely exposed to the sun, drastically curtailing their enjoyment of the games.
My buddies and I have been saying it for a number of years and I’ll repeat it once more: After 14 editions of the tournament, the Safari Sevens tournament has outgrown the RFUEA grounds. There’s absolutely no reason why this fantastic tournament should not be held at the Kasarani Sports complex or at the very least, Nyayo stadium.
These stadiums have the space to accommodate, at least 30,000 fans comfortably while leaving lots of room for the corporate or sponsorship tents, and the many food courts that come up during the event. Taking the event to these stadiums would also help shed the elitist tag from this wonderful game, and an excellent campaign start to hosting an IRB Sevens tournament in the near future.
The current set-up at the RFUEA grounds falls far short in meeting the spectators’ minimum comfort and IRB safety standards. As things stand today, the 900/= ticket price appears to be just a gimmick to keep away the masses, while trying to maximise gate collections from the elite classes of Kenya. The deplorable watching experience is simply not worth it.
I’ll henceforth be catching the Safari Sevens on DSTV until someone at the KRFU wakes up to the huge economic and marketing opportunities going to waste at Kasarani and Nyayo Stadiums.
Dear Mr. Duncan,
I join the winning team in congratulating their work ethic on the two days and all the teams for punching their ‘meal cards’(no pun intended) and showing up to the Safari Sevens.
Your rave review Sir. of the tournament on its history is lauded, your anecdotal manner of pointing the main issue of safety and the financial implications with regard to an expansionary directive be implemented is noteworthy.
The most logical assumption I believe is the fact that Safari Sevens from its naive infancy of aiding the game, has gone through a good metamorphosis of laudable proportions, but is now a cash cow with free advertisments of cooperate sponsors who turn up to splash logos and pitch tents similar to the ones of the real “Safari” disregarding that the game is played not for three days. Fast internet posters/billboards without even press boxes for journalists, seating capacity that have no overhead coverings and clearly untrained stewards going by your narrative.
It is very striking that you paid the 12US$ equivalent and opted to watch the game on DSTV later. Uncourteous treatment of fans has been an implicit staple of the Safari Sevens with safety never been considered or reviewed as the toll gates keep churning people like a Japanese car factory. First symptoms of the growth of event was heralded by the British Army team who initiated a craze of how the game is to be played and later notched up again by the Emerging Springboks who have developed talent here in Nairobi to later three years win the IRB circuit from our own backyard with the same crop of players. A colonial mentality of exploitation may be in latent manner in the offing. Supersport show the games because the Springboks play and due in part to their 40million man middle income market. When will KBC/KTN/NTV… et. al. be in a contractual agreement with the KRFU to air games and thus help initiate possibility of long term planning for the event?
RFUEA is using the young party phenomena of Urbanites in Nairobi to continue displaying their latest extravaganza of their pop culture(be that rude manners as well) at the event. Where else do you see the hidden masses of people of colour mingle with the masses? Safari Sevens offers that unique atmosphere that only be found in golf courses and the polo grounds in Kenya. You expect some folk who are different.
An analysis of the annual PWC/KPMG or whoever is doing the public audit will be of interest to any consumer sensitive public/person on how the funds have been channeled. It is a truism of economics to generate any wealth land is crucial. In kenya with land tussle been a common issue. All things been equal that the KRFU are opting out of expansion due to the costs of paying rent to a third party. Safe to conclude this point it will affect the cost margins of the event and its operational costs.
A suggestion is to write a letter to KRFU and cite your ill treatment by stewards and lack of sitting area. Dialogue is a good way to ease the tension and iron out differences in service delivery at the event for instance.
I will agree that the Safari Sevens has become to big for RFUEA. Secondly the service delivey is wanting especially when it comes to the safety aspect and to why you need to pay 12US$(900Ksh)?
Is it a question of evaluating the worth and the game. I recall paying 600Ksh and was a student in 2000. It will be good to note that the British and Irish Lions tour match against the Springboks this past weekend was 300Rands approximatley. The manner of factoring cost and worth is always up for debate. In my humble opinion and I respect that you are one of the lucky few to be able to head home and watch on DSTV the games like millions of South Africans who must have been amused that their future test playing wingers were able to strut their wares for our populace in Kenya and beat the POMS in their own backyard as well. Tradition should never be equated to cost as the former has no equal.
Tradition is an insignia in school blazers some are worn over blazers and some cast it away after school. Yet some carry it proud in their hearts and let it blaze a trail for the pack. I shall share mine of my school and it reads in latin “Bonitas Disciplina Scientia”
Nondescripts coach Paul Odera a former captain of the national sevens team has been citing close colloberation of alumni of Lenana, Nairobi school and St. Mary’s(NBO) to help with supporting rugby. He has been the main protaganist for several years on the wellness of the game for a decade, as a player and now a coach. Location of the club is Jamhuri Park where he is plying his trade as a coach.
Thank you for your post and the information. Please do have an inependent day free from the hustle and bustle of hoi polloi. Rugby is still an elitist game and its code of conduct is examplary and understood by few.
Yours truly,
Robert K. O.
robert you suck
I must say I still have a spring in my step after the adrenaline of the Sevens weekend!!!! That was sublime. That said i must take a minute and ask ROGER K.O, DUDE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?? You represent the very elitist and cavalier attitude that I have logged on to protest about!!
The inadequate facilities at the RFUEA grounds are a disgrace to rugby in this country. Don’t even get me started on the exorbitant entry charges and FOR WHAT?? The greed exhibited by the KRFU by pegging the entry charges that high for no corresponding value in customer services is just deplorable. The “matatu” mentality of just selling tickets regardless of the number of people already inside plus the inadequacy of basic amenities at the grounds is symptomatic of the Kenyan mindset of quick gain at the expense of the gullible masses.
I have taken a minute to analyse Dancan Muhindi’s post and it covers most of the grievances I logged on to articulate. Your response on the other hand was pompous and verbose but unfortunately very light on substance. Did you address any of the issues raised? Did you actually understand the post you were purporting to address?? And what is this elitist mindset you are stuck on?
One can only hope you do not hold an important post at the KRFU or indeed anywhere in this country. While one may be tempted to address each and every idiosyncrasy in your response, you are fortunately not the reason rugby lovers will log onto this site.
However, the hoi polloi comment you made in reference to fellow Kenyans suggests you are either a sitting Member of Parliament or a very confused Kenyan who thinks he has made it. Either way, kindly grow up, better yet, I suggest you call up Kayange, buy the tall man a beer, let him school you on grace, unless ofcourse he is not glamorous or sophisticated enough for you.
Bottomline, there is no elitism on that team…these are ordinary chaps doing extraordinary things in a game increasingly watched by ordinary Kenyans……we the hoi polloi are everywhere! Its touching how you are quick to claim these kawaida guys as part of your pathetic ‘elite’ world just because they are flying high.
But I digress, KRFU (or whoever has the mandate) if you are reading this….do what you have to do, BUT MOVE RUGBY TOURNAMENTS TO A STADIUM. PERIOD. Next, slash the entry charges by half and treat your customers right, we love rugby but we will not watch an entire tournament on our feet and locked pelvic-to-buttocks in a crowd under the sun….!!
In the meantime, as I wait for you people to clean up your act, its DSTV for me. GO KENYA, GO!!!
Response to Hiram Gachugi.
Dear Sir,
Please avoid venting out your displeasure with the political class of Kenya and equating the elite with the game of rugby as my intention was not that at all. It is an inherent attitude that is displayed by few who opting to use their faculties less and discerning that we make choices due to opportunity costs.
My defense was that the KRFUEA has been a bastion of what true gentlemen can do in a club without handouts. In management, regulation of the game and spreading the popularity of the game.
Research and you will find that some players have played the game for the love and not the money. Complaining about 900Ksh is laughable when you get to see players who opt out of work, school and family time to play the game in the IRB circuit where they play against professional teams. That is what opportunity cost entails. Is it worth it? Yes I believe as the coaching staff will attest to it.
Oscar Osir was a top try scorer in his day and in my opinion one of the finest to play Sevens together with Khakame, Paul Murunga and the list goes on. They were playng for the love.
Weekend games are played with handful of fans from Kisumu, Mombasa, Nakuru and yes those are the die hard fans. If you are one of them good for you. The true fans follow the team abroad when they have a chance to do so and some are known to have come to cheer the team from every corner of the earth. Kenyans in the diaspora pay huge bucks to cheer Kenya and they never vent or care who plays for the team. It is the passion and not pains that come with it that makes rugby the game it is. Avoid name calling and ethnocentric views of buy a beer to show support. Pay the stipulated fee at the gate and that is how you help the team.
Please read the rule book of the game of rugby and conduct is part of the ensemble on how to carry yourself. A casing point, cursing is a liable for a sinbin or been sent off in rugby. This is not football buddie.
Taking away what makes Safari Sevens what it is might make the lustre of the game vanish.
KRFUEA have regular midweek meetings at the Ngong Rd venue and articulate your frustrations straight to them.
Yes I believe that the rugby union of Kenya is on the right track. I might not agree with your analysis of my comments but you look like a live wire that has watched the game of the spherical ball too much. As a result friend, I detest getting into a debate with you on gate charges.
What living in a democratic country entails. Is open expression without causing or violating other peoples rights.
“I might not agree with you on what you say but I will defend your right to say it to the death”-(Unknown author)
if the KRFU feel they do not want to pay the extra expense of Nyayo stadium or Kasarani, expand their ground. put up more permanent, taller stands around two sides of the pitch. this would still leave a lot of space for corporate cash cow tents. this would provide better and more comfortable sitting. i was one of the few that did get seating. i arrived at 10.30 and barely got a space. my a** is still aching two days later because of the hard jagged concrete i sat on at ‘Korogocho’.
all in all, it was a good event. i just have one other gripe. we need to improve the quality of the opposition. we have improved to a level where none of these lower tier teams provide much competition for the Kenya team. we never got out of second gear (except for a few minutes in the final after the 1st SA try). better opposition will go further in attempting to justify the ticket price.
improve on the place and maybe soon, we might just get a slot on the IRB se7ens circuit. here’s to hoping.
Response to ROBERT K.O
Dearest Sir,
I will say this as simply as possible so that even with your PhD you may understand…….
i) RUGBY IN KENYA HAS OUTGROWN THE RFUEA GROUNDS AND SHOULD BE MOVED TO ANY OF THE SPORTS STADIUMS WITH ADEQUATE FACILITIES.
ii) IT MATTERS NOT YOUR PERSONAL OPINION OF WHAT Ksh.900/- IS WORTH, I AM ENTITLED TO A CORRESPONDING VALUE IN SERVICES WITHIN REASON AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THE KENYAN ECONOMY AND NOT IN RANDS OR WHATEVER OTHER CURRENCY YOU QUOTED.
If you can wrap your mind around this 2 simple points then you will realise that your long-winded thesis was totally lost on this hoi polloi Kenyan. That said, I am eternally indebted to you for the tips on the game. Those were heaven sent. You see I normally follow the game so passionately because I am a sucker for the Mexican Wave. Now where is that sinbin??
Dear Harim Gachugi,
That was a well constructed argument and I have to concur that I do think that you have grappled all the rules of the game and your conduct is acceptable.
Response 1.
Yes the game has outgrown the event at the Safari Sevens. If my memory serves me correct going with prices adjusted for inflation, you justified to say the 900Ksh is not worth it, all things been equal. In earlier events the plethora of teams was composed of combined Varsity sides from UK like select teams and west africans side, Samoa et. al.
Response 2.
The capacity is been outstripped by the high demand of those who want to watch the game and those who hustle and bustle to be at the village. This two factors stretch the resources of the Union and be in the know that the funds from Safari Sevens are used to fund groundsmen to have the Immaculate pitch you see during the event in June. Pay the air fare to travel in the circuit if sponsors hold back,pay the team allowances. That is why Uganda though they field a team for Safari sevens they do not have a source of income like the Safari 7’s offers to compete at the world stage and produce the Oscar Osir, Dennis Mwanja, Lucas Onyango(playing rugby league in UK currently), mercurial Lavin Asego…list is endless.
Kenya is missing out of the big West African market. At one time the event had 24teams now its dwindled to 16.
Sincere regrets on the soccer comment I was out of line. Old habbits of making fun of soccer players. That is how rugby started when a school boy picked the ball and started running with it. Then later regulations framed the game you see. All credit of the game is to the Scots who started sevens and never to be confused. The spirit of Brian Wallace probably but do not quote me on that.
Merci.
P.S. Martin response is spot on in that he enjoyed himself though he sat on ballast.
(Finally my worry is that the Emrging Springboks with the excellent facilities keep horning their talent here and do not reciprocate. They later win two titles and now are IRB circuit champs 2009 with some of their wingers playing for the 15’s Springboks. Keep faith “Change is gonna come” and we might have RFUEA build their own like the ones in Twickenham. We are a small nation and constraints have to be evaluated with logistics when they avail.)
I’m pleased to observe the stimulating debate my post has elicited. However, some sentiments that are being bandied here need to be challenged. Take for example Mr. Robert’s statement below:
Taking away what makes Safari Sevens what it is might make the lustre of the game vanish
Mr. Robert, with due respect to your opinions, I’m extremely perturbed when you suggest that proposals to bring the game closer to people via the suggested stadiums might in some way diminish the value of the tournament or God forbid, the game itself.
With your long-winded treatise on the history of the game and some players, I’m astonished you would still hold such myopic views. Of all rugby fans, you should be in a position to realize that rugby has come a long way from the days when it was a preserve of the so-called Kenyan Ivy league schools such as Nairobi School, Lenana School, Saints and RVA among others, to the current scenario where schools from Nyanza and Western Kenya have risen and dominated the school categories for the last ten years.
Indeed, the current Kenyan team is mostly composed of players from this talent-rich heritage. We should all be grateful to the KRFU mandarins who took the first bold steps of taking the game out of Nairobi in the early 1990s. Because of them, today we can enjoy the thrilling performances of Injera,
his brother Kayange and others in the superb sevens team.
By all means, let no one curtail the growth and development of the game based on short sighted and self-defeating sentiments regarding the exclusivity of the game. The management of soccer in Kenya certainly needs to learn from the success of the rugby fraternity. But this will not happen if there are people at KRFU determined to maintain rugby as a preserve of the ‘wabenzi’ and others with an inflated sense of self-worth.
I firmly believe that tremendous economic and talent gain awaits the bold visionary at KRFU who will pioneer the game of rugby into our national stadiums and by extension into the lives of “holoi polois”, as Robert disdainfully referred to fellow citizens.
However, if KRFU prefers we pay a 900/= next year to watch Safari Sevens on our feet or on hard concrete seats in the hot African sun, the choice is theirs. The availability of the DSTV option for fans who want value for their money should tell any discerning person at KRFU that the world, and indeed the IRB Circuit are not going to wait forever for those who cannot get their act together due to some misguided sense of puritanical traditions. Enough said.
Thank you Dancan Muhindi,
Ceteris Paribus,
When I see hordes of Kenyans cheering their local teams as their fanbase in droves, scrumming to get through the gates and yelling during the local season of 7’s & 15’s. Then I will agree with you a need for stadia to be buid for rugby or be held in one. Kenya might end up with white elephants like China. Huge stadia after olympics without the resources to maintain it and fans who can not afford the tickets to gain entance because of spiraling costs.
Homeboyz radio are showing some forward thinking giving us a podium. Kudos to DJ John and his co. not excluding the entire workforce for updating us during the event. Their website was spot on in keeping upto date with the Event this Summer.
Notice how Lavin Asego commented in a local daily when cued if the RFUEA had problems like soccer.
I will paraphrase it, ‘The way we at rugby handle issues is different’.
Opting to sit on ballast like Martin, I choose to pay 900KSH and work a plan to take the game to new levels. Keep reading RudyardKiplings poem “IF”.
Sound reading Dancan,
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt
you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too
wise:
If you can dream- and not make dreams your
master;
If you can think and not make thoughts
your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your
virtue,
Or walk with Kings nor lose the common
touch,
If neither foes nor loving friend can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of distance run,
Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it,
And -which is more-you’ll be a man, my
son. (Rudyard Kipling)
Be well Messr. got to catch the Lions maul the emerging springboks. The game is at 1910GMT. No comment on the game of the round ball and how it is run in Kenya.
The adage is true, rugby is a game of ruffians played by gentlemen and watched by ruffians. The opposite is true for soccer hence my loath of the game and all its financial clout. A good article to read is by Jim White on ”Football’s fiscal studies”, found on Yahoo Eurosport.
This is not a character assasination like the one in Macbeth but been candor.
Adieu.
P.S. ‘Once a Quin always a Quin’
Money, mbeca, chumes- whatever you call it makes the world go round.
Before you dismiss the mandarins who occupy the corporate tents, you should know that they are the ones who facilitate the staging of the tournament.
Each corporate tent costs at least Kshs. 200,000. It is the support from the likes of Tusker, AON minet, Virgin etc which has laid the foundation for the success that you witnessed last weekend. I for one had a blast sipping whisky (LOL) while catching the action from one of the tents! We need even more corporates to get into rugby! The ‘prawn sandwich’ brigade raise the big money!
I agree the tournament has outgrown the RFUEA. The solution lies in developing the ‘Russia’ stand and the ‘Ngong’ road stand. Taking the tournament to Nyayo or Kasarani will kill the romance- the players are actually in your face at the RFUEA!
On a different note, the opposition this year was . . . WANTING! Better teams= more money. Tusker paid Kshs 26M to be the title sponsor. This should be raised to at least Kshs 30M. The top teams can only be attracted here if their is prize money- something we dont offer.
Well said Brian, well said.
I too, have sampled the rarefied surroundings of those corporate tents in the past when the occasional invite came my way. The drinks part is truly enjoyable as you so heartily observed, not to mention the food!
The only drawback is the atrocious viewing angle of the pitch from those tents.
Unfortunately, this form of fundraising (and it is crucial at the beginning) is becoming rather quaint and we really need to up our way of doing things. Consider that each tent occupies space that would have sat 500 people or more on well-designed stand, netting half-a-million shillings going by the current gate charges.
Be that as it may, I was at the inaugural Kasarani Sevens in 2004, which was organized by some brilliant marketing chaps at the Sports Stadia parastatal. The experience completely transformed my thinking regarding the Safari Sevens. I couldn’t believe how such a magnificent complex on Thika road was being under-utilised, considering the spartan conditions prevalent at the RFUEA grounds.
Sadly, I can only speculate on why the KRFU management was not overly impressed by the Sports Stadia initiative to take rugby to the Stadiums.