Further losses to South Africa and Canada saw Kenya finish fourth in Pool C, setting up a bowl quarter final clash against Scotland at 1.22pm (Kenya time) on Saturday morning.
Having lost 31-14 to Australia in their opening encounter, Kenya fell 0-45 to South Africa and 5-26 to Canada.
Kenya 5 Canada 26
Handling errors and poor discipline at the break-down continued to cost Kenya dearly as Canada capitalised to score two tries from Sean White and Nanyak Dala both converted by Harry Jones for a 14-0 lead at half time.
There was no respite on resumption as Kenya lost the ball in contact and Jones crossed to stretch Canada’s lead to 19-0. The flat passing game reminiscent of the Gold Coast offered no penetration against the Canadian defence and it took an individual 50 metre run from Dennis Ombachi to reduce his team’s deficit to 19-5 but Sean Duke restored the lead and, after Connor Braid’s conversion, Canada won the match 26-5.
Kenya finished last in Pool C and face Scotland in a tough Day 2 in the Bowl Quarter-finals
Kenya 0 South Africa 45
South Africa’s Cecil Afrika and Stephen Hunt dominated the first-half, with the former creating space for Hunt to score before showing Kenya’s defence a clean pair of heels to add a second. A lost line-out by Kenya gifted Hunt a second try, his team’s third and his hat-trick came courtesy of an Afrika pass. Branco du Preez missed but one conversion to leave Kenya trailing 26-0 at the break.
Kenya’s only chance of putting points on the board came early in the in the second half but Captain Sydney Ashioya’s attempt to slip past two opponents not only failed but left him unable to continue after sustaining a knee
PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 09: Oscar Ouma of Kenya moves in to tackle Cornal Hendricks of South Africa during day 1 of the 2011 IRB PE Sevens at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on December 09, 2011 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. (Photo by Richard Huggard/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
injury. The South Africans thereafter dominated play and mixed power, pace and style to add three more tries – Hunt’s fourth, Mark Richards and Johannes Prinsloo plus du Preez successfully converting twice for a 45-0 result.
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