Lady Cranes had mixed fortunes at the just concluded Tusker Safari 7's in Nairobi. The team arrived in the Kenyan capital in the wee hours of Friday (8th June) morning having spent the better part of Thursday afternoon and night on the bumpy road between Kampala and Nairobi. The women's category included Mwamba Invaders and Rovers (both Kenyan Club sides) and Keele University (England).
Rosenberg Kanyunyuzi earned her first 7's cap for Uganda during this tournament. The Lady Cranes' squad for the Safari 7's was Joan Andika, Sauda Adiru, Winnie Atyang (Captain), Rachel Kakaire, Rosenberg Kanyunyuzi, Christine Kizito, Charlotte Mudoola, Mary Nakanyike, Hadija Namuyanja (Vice captain), Asha Ssonko and Ann Tumwine.
Lady Cranes' first game was on Friday afternoon and inspite of having barely had a chance to recover from their 16 hour bus ride, they thumped the Rovers 33 - 05, thrashed Keele 50 - 00 before dismissing Invaders 29 - 05. The key game of the day for both Kenya and Uganda was against the Invaders as they provide almost all of the players for Kenya's 7's national team squad and the game could be used to asses both teh teams' performance. Invaders won their games against Keele and Rovers and a rematch against Lady Cranes was set up for the final on Saturday morning.
Unfortunately for Lady Cranes, the Invaders came back a much revamped team and a repeat of Friday's results was not destined to happen. The game was scoreless up until the dying seconds of the game when the Invaders broke through and scored a try. The end score was 05 - 00 to the Invaders.
Lady Cranes coach, Herbert Wafula, will announce his final squad of Lady Cranes players this week.
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