Kenya’s chances of qualifying to the USA Sevens quarter-finals suffered a blow after the team registered mixed results in the opening day of the fifth round of the 2017/2018 HSBC Sevens World Series, at the Sam Boyd Stadium, in Las Vegas, yesterday.

Shujaa, who were due to face off with Hamilton Sevens champions Fiji in their final but decisive Group A match last night (11.36pm) made a losing start to the tournament after falling 19-14 to France.

However, the former Singapore Sevens champions responded swiftly to beat Russia 19-12 in their second match and keep their quarterfinal hopes alive.

Collins Injera was the hero in the second match scoring a brace of tries with Homeboyz’s Jeff Oluoch grounding the other try.

But it was not that rosy for the Innocent Simiyu’s si