Shujaa finishes sixth at Dubai Sevens at the second stop in Dubai after losing the fifth place-final to Great Britain. As the result, Shujaa finishes the second round of this season’s series with 12 points.
The Kenyan boys now leave Dubai with 22 points having picked 10 from last weekend in their eighth-place finish.
In the semis of the fifth-place play-off which the Kenyan lads fell to after losing to South Africa in the Cup quarters, the tea had sweet revenge over Mike Friday’s USA, beating them 29-0.
Shujaa and the USA, coached by former Kenya tactician Friday had met in the second round of group matches, with the United States winning 24-21 courtesy of a last gasp Perry baker try.
However, Kenya had revenge at last.
Omondi Performance.
Anthony Omondi had a starring performance, dotting down a brace of tries and adding four more points from conversions. Shujaa ran in five tries, two of which were converted by Omondi.
The Kenyan lads had a good start with Jeff Oluoch dorring down after just two minutes before Johnstone Olindi added the second two minutes to the break, Omondi converting. Shujaa took the 12-0 lead to halftime.
In the second half, they were even more commanding with Alvin ‘Buffa’ Otieno dotting down the third try of the game as Omondi added the twos for a 19-0 lead.
Shujaa finishes sixth at Dubai Sevens, The Kenyans continued dominating over the USA and Omondi got into the try-scoring groove, dotting down twice as Innocent SImiyu’s men stormed into the fifth-place final. However, they could not take the drive all the way to the end.
The first round of Dubai Leg.
They lost 10-5 to Great Britain, going down to the Brits for the second time having also lost to them in the first round of the Dubai leg last weekend.
In a tough and scrappy game, Jeff Oluoch had the opening try for Kenya inside the first four minutes, but Robbie Fergusson equalized for the Brits after they held on to possession after the hooter had gone to go to the break on level terms.
It was Great Britain who would have the last laugh as Fergusson completed his brace of tries in the second half, the conversion sailing wide.
They will proceed to the Christmas Break with lots of lessons from the first two rounds before switching attention to next year.
Kenya in action in Dubai
The new year starts off with the Spain tour with the Malaga leg starting off the series on January 21-23 before it moves to Seville the following weekend.
After Spain, the Series moves to the Americas with the Vancouver Sevens in February and the Los Angeles Sevens a week later in the first week of March. The Singapore leg is scheduled for April 9-10 before the last tour in Europe with Toulouse, France hosting on May 20-22 and London a week later.
After the series, teams will switch attention to the Commonwealth Games scheduled for July 28-August 8 in Birmingham and the season-ending finale at the Sevens World Cup between September 9-11 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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