Uganda ready for the Gold Cup
The first game of the Rugby Africa Gold Cup will be in Nairobi on June 24th at 3:30 pm (GMT) between Kenya and Uganda. While the two teams already played against each other a few days before for the Elgon Cup, they will, this time, fight for they place at the top level of African rugby.
- Uganda Rugby Union : "Ugandan team has arrived well in Nairobi. There are a few new players added onto the team from last weekend. Former Captain Mathias Ochwo who was unwell in the first well is now fine and has traveled with the team. Some other players like experienced Centre Gerald Ssewankambo, scrumhalf Ivan Makmot and new players Michael Tamale and Santos Senteza have traveled too. There are 27 players in Nairobi and the final team to play Kenya will be named after the training session later today.
The clash between Uganda and Kenya was first played in the late 1920s and revived in 1958 and then annually in 1997 so the Elgon cup has local regional dominance written all over it. For it to double as Gold Cup even adds more hunger to both teams and we are sure it will be an exciting clash.
Having a French referee changes the dynamics to the tie as both teams will be unfamiliar to Northern Hemisphere style and the team that adopts quickest will have an edge.
It will be a fierce clash !"
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TEAM LIST FOR KENYA :
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1.AMUSALA Moses Khwale
2.WANJIRU Peter Karia
3.KARANI Dennis Mutethia
4.MUNIAFU Simon Madakha
5.KIZITO Oliver
6.KERRE Eric Mutaki
7.CHENGE Davis Musungu
8.CHISANGA Joshua
9.ONSOMU Samson Bogongo
10.ADIMO Wamamba
11.OJEEJacob
12.AGUNDA Patrice
13.AMBUNYADavid Likuyi
14.KINYANGIDarwin
15.OPONDOTony Onyango
16.IKAMBILIPhilip
17.KUBASUJames
18.LILAKOCurtis
19.NYAMBUAGeorge
20.OTIENOSteve
21. ANDOLA Ken
22.OWAKO Brad
23.OWADELeo Seje
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MANAGEMENT
1.PAAWATWATERSJerome
2.WANGILALeonard
3.MAKACHIAChristopher
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TEAM LIST FOR UGANDA :
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1. MUGERWA Asuman
2. MUBIRU Alex
3. ODONGO Brian
4. UHURU Odongo Charles
5. KIMBOWA Collins
6. SSEWANKAMBO Gerald
7. ASABA Brian
8. ODONGO Marvin Harold
9. MAKMOT Ivan
10. MAGOMU Ivan Arthur
11. SIMWENDE KIMONO Justine
12. MUWONGE Musa
13. OKORACH Micheal
14. SSEBULIBA Kayiwa Lawrence
15. WOKORACH Philip
16. WATUM Syrus
17. OKETAYOT Byron
18. MUTEBI Adnan
19. OCHWO Azalia Mathias
20. MUSAJJAGULYANYAGO Ronald
21. OGENA Pius
22. ODONGO James
23. KIRABO Ivan
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MANAGEMENT
1. DUNCAN John
2. BUYUNGO Steven
3. BAINE Emmanuel
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Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com) is the governing body of rugby in Africa and one of the regional associations under World Rugby. It unites all African countries that play rugby union, rugby sevens, and women’s rugby. Rugby Africa organizes various competitions, including the qualifying tournaments for the Rugby World Cup and the Africa Sevens, a qualifying competition for the Olympic Games. With 39 member unions, Rugby Africa is dedicated to promoting and developing rugby across the continent. World Rugby highlighted Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia as three of the six emerging nations experiencing strong growth in rugby.
