Mwamba victorious in Kenya Rugby Union Women’s final

Mwamba won the opening round of the Kenya Rugby Union Women’s festival at the Kenyatta University, defeating Northern Suburbs 19-0 in a hotly-contested final in Nairobi on Sunday.

Mwamba had earlier finished top of Pool C after stopping hosts Blad Babes 55-0 and Homeboyz 10-0.

Suburbs registered a 43-0 win over the Twigas before edgingImpala Saracens 12-5 to claim pole position in Pool B, as Top Fry Nakuru topped Pool A with a 48-0 whitewash of Kisumu Dolphins which they followed up with a 45-0 result over Shamas Rugby Foundation.

Indeed it was Nakuru who were ranked first overall as the teams were reseeded for the semifinals while Mwamba, Suburbs and Homeboyz were ranked second, third and fourth respectively.

Kulabu had to dig deep to overcome Homeboyz 15-10 in their cup semifinal while Suburbs edged out tournament top seeds and overall festival champions Top Fry Nakuru 12-7 in the other semifinal.

Yamanashi Impala Saracens settled for fifth place with a 38-0 win over Shamas as RPS Twigas edged Kisumu Dolphins 7-5 to finish seventh overall. Hosts Blad Babes were ranked ninth overall.

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