Uganda and Kenya locked horns in Nairobi in a friendly international over the weekend. Similar to the situation in Kampala, there was no publicity for the women’s game that took place at the Impala grounds at 11.30am. Kenya started off strongly and after a quick taken penalty by the forwards, the ball was spread down the back line for the captain Celestine Navalayo to score a try in the corner. The conversion was missed and Kenya led 5 – 0 after only 10 minutes of play. That shook the Ugandans and they sprang into action and camped in the Kenyan’s 22 for the remainder of the first half. Uganda failed to take advantage of numbers when the match referee gave a Kenyan forward a yellow card for persistent infringements at the rucks. The Ugandans squandered several try scoring opportunities and only had themselves to blame for not going into the break with a lead. In the second half the Ugandans rued the chances that they had missed earlier as the Kenyans kept the Ugandans pinned in their 22. A Ugandan forward was also sent to the sin bin for persistent infringements but determined defending from the Ugandan side kept the Kenyans from crossing the whitewash. However, Angela Olum nailed a penalty to take the final score of the game to 8 – 0.
Although both teams used their forwards well in open play the Ugandans were superior in set pieces while the Kenyans made better use of their backline. Next up are the Elgon cup games that will take place in July.
I will post the team lists of both teams later on in the week.
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