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MIXED RESULTS FOR SEVENS TEAM: Kenya thrash France and Japan but lose to Fiji in Cape Town

RUGBYU-SEVENS-FRA-KEN France's Pierre Gilles Lakafia (R) fights for the ball with Kenya's Billy Odhiambo (L) during the 2016 Cape Town Sevens pool B rugby match between France and Kenya at the Cape Town stadium in Cape Town on December 10, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

The gods of rugby seemed to be on Kenya Sevens’ side yesterday in South Africa during the second leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens in Cape Town.

William Ambaka carried forward his impressive form from Dubai by scoring the first try in the first two minutes of the match.

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