Africa's Premier Rugby 7s Tournament
The 16th Safaricom Sevens event was a great tournament again last weekend. Despite a change in venue from the RFUEA Grounds which has hosted the tournament since its inception in 1996 to the Nyayo National Stadium, the 2011 Safaricom Sevens was as exciting and colorful as ever. To be sure afterwards, members of the Safaricom… [Continue Reading]
Samoa are the new Safaricom Sevens champions after beating Samurai 31-14 in the main cup final before a large crowd at the Nyayo National Stadium. More info in tomorrow’s bulletin Safaricom Sevens :Main Cup: Final: Samoa 31 Samurai 14 Semis: Kenya 12 Samurai 29 Samoa 19 Emerging Boks 10 Quarter finals: Kenya 12 Auckland 7,… [Continue Reading]
Kenya produced a brilliant comeback in the second half to narrowly beat Auckland 12-7 in a pulsating Main Cup Quarter final, and book a date in the semis where they will play Samurai. Samurai on the other side easily went through past Spain 17-0. A last minute counter ruck by the Kenyan forwards saw the… [Continue Reading]
By Michael Kwambo Nairobi, Saturday 5 November 2011 Hosts and defending champions Kenya led seven other teams in qualifying for the main cup quarter finals at the 16th Safaricom Sevens, winning their three Pool A matches to emerge top. Kenya began with a 26-7 win over French side Grenoble, registering a 36-0 result over Rwanda… [Continue Reading]
By Louis Kisia Mwamba rfc once again proved their worth in the shorter version of the game, after displaying a mouth watering encounter against Emerging Boks leading 12-14 at half time. In the second half the Boks piled in more pressure and were eventually rewarded by a try for the lead to change hands 19-12… [Continue Reading]
By Louis Kisia Samurai have so far recorded the highest score of the tournament as the 2011 Safaricom Sevens round one pool games comes to a close. Samurai out classed Tanzania 64-0, with Samoa sounding an early warning going past Belmont shore 46-0. But it was Mwmba who probably pulled an upset beating Bristol University… [Continue Reading]
By Louis Kisia Kenya Sevens the defending champs of the Safaricom Sevens will open their day’s campaign against Grenoble at 12:12 Pm, before taking on Rwanda at 4:02 Pm. Their last match will be played under floodlits at 8:04 Pm against arch rivals from Uganda. The Mitch Ocholla charges are a new outfit blended with… [Continue Reading]
Main Cup action in the 2011 Safaricom Sevens kicks off on Saturday 5th November 2011 when Zimbabwe play British Army in the opening fixture. Fans will then be treated to a clash between Samurai and Tanzania before Samoa play Belmont Shore in the third fixture.Spain play Zimbabwe before Emerging Boks play Auckland. Hosts and defending… [Continue Reading]
As curtains come down rolling towards the end of day one here at the Nyayo National Stadium, the tournament is expected to thrust up and move to the next level as all the major teams will battle it out in the pool stages tomorrow. Schools category will also come to a close when the top… [Continue Reading]
By Louis Kisia As schools continue to participate in this year’s Safaricom Sevens, teams have posted mixed results as the three day tournament schools category section takes a mid day break paving way for the Women sides from Kenya and Uganda. Results: (Rift Valley 24-0 Tanzania,Western 41- 0 Coast, Nyanza 12-14 Central, Uganda 31-0 Eastern,… [Continue Reading]
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