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HARBOURING HOPES: Kenya 7s seeks to bounce back in Las Vegas

Kenya's Billy Odhiambo vies with France's Stephen Parez during the World Rugby Men's Seven Series match between Kenya and France on December 2, 2016 in Dubai. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER

Kenya Sevens rugby team will be hoping to bounce back from their dismal performance in Sydney when the sixth leg of the 2016/17 HSBC Sevens World Series gets underway at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, USA this weekend (March 3-5).

Shujaa, who garnered a paltry ten points from their last two legs, Wellington (8) and Sydney (2), will face New Zealand’s All Blacks in a crunch Pool C opening match on Saturday morning (4.15am EAT) before locking horns with Argentina at 6.52am EAT. They will wrap up their preliminary round against Russia on Sunday morning (1.12am EAT).

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