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How Asila navigated MMUST RFC into battling the big boys

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MMUST RFC assistant coach John Asila (left). [Washington Onyango, Standard]

Kenya Cup has been the dominant and most popular rugby league backed by a huge following across the country but the 2019-2020 Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) premier competition has provided a new ray of excitement rarely witnessed in the past years.

The second-tier rugby league has provided fans with entertaining and competitive results, which has seen the rise of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST RFC) club among the top teams in the western region in the past three years.

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