Nigeria’s
Black Stallions improved their eighth place finish in 2015 to end their
campaign at seventh spot at this year’s Africa Rugby Cup Sevens held in
Nairobi.
After
losing their first match to host – Kenya, the Nigeria failed to make it
to the semifinal stage despite defeating Senegal in their second group
match.
However,
to finish seventh, the Azeez Ladipo-captained side defeated Morocco
19-5 to settle for the spot behind Tunisia, who was edged for the fifth
place spot by former champion, Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile,
Uganda was crowned champions after beating Namibia 38-19 in the final
at the Safaricom Stadium in Nairobi at the weekend.
It
was Ssebuliba Kayiwa that put Uganda ahead, scoring after a strong run
and carries by Ramadhan Govule. Philip Wokorach converted for a 7-0
score.
Sunday
Haitembu responded immediately with a converted try for Namibia but
Pius Ogena ensured that the Rugby Cranes retook the lead, Wokorach
converting for a 14-7 score. The Namibians were taking the fight to the
Ugandans, Jean Jacobs grounding for an unconverted try that brought the
encounter to 14-12.
Namibia
would spill the ball with Uganda on the ropes, Wokorach pouncing on the
loose ball to first step past his opponents before racing clear to
score and convert his own try before James Odong landed for a 26-12 lead
at the interval.
Odong
would land his brace, fortuitously gathering the ball from Wokorach’s
speculative punt, touching down before Namibia scored a consolation try,
Karuuombe Nandicatu’s converted effort bringing some respectability.
Hosts
Kenya finished third with a 41-0 whitewash of while a 55-0 win over
Botswana saw Senegal claimed ninth place as Zambia took eleventh place
with a 45-0 result over Mauritius.
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