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SWORDS SHARPENED FOR SCOTLAND duel: Kenya pooled in toughest IRB Rugby Sevens group this season

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Nairobian- Leon Adongo - rugby player / sprinter
Kenya Sevens' Leon Adongo is tackled by Spainish players during their IRB Series in Hong Kong Stadium at Hong Kong Stadium in 2012.PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO

In what is arguably Kenya’s toughest pool this season in the World Rugby Series Sevens circuit, all teams are sharpening their claws for a ferocious battle in Scotland this weekend.

Kenya are pooled with the current leaders in the overall standings South Africa, the current defending champions New Zealand and rugby powerhouse Samoa. South Africa and New Zealand are in a neck to neck battle for the top slot and they have vowed not to take any prisoners as the circuit draws to a close.

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