Shujaas pocket seven points in Hong Kong

Kenya started the campaign on a wrong footing, losing 14-17 to Canada and 10-35 to South Africa on Saturday.

However, they found consolation after ending their group stage matches with a 29-12 win over France on Sunday to finish third in pool B- relegating them to compete for the Challenge Trophy.

Despite exiting the competition with 19-21 loss to Scotland in the Challenge Trophy final, Innocent Simiyu-coached side had won 24-17 over Japan and 25-5 against Russia in the Challenge Trophy quarterfinal and semifinal respectively.

Great performances from Dennis Ombachi and Frank Wanyama were conspicuous as the duo featured in the list of the top ten try scorers, with five and four tries respectively.

USA’s Dan Norton, lead with nine tries.
Ombachi was also the sixth best performer with 17 tackles, six breaks, two offloads and 20 carries amounting to 45 in totals.

Spain, who won the Hong Kong Sevens qualifiers after beating Germany in the final, will take place on next year’s HSBC Sevens. Other teams fighting for the spot include Papua New Guinea and Chile, Tonga and Guyana

The local boys bagged seven points in this year’s seventh round of World Rugby Series in Hong Kong, to climb to 11th on the log with 47 points.

Olympic Champions, Fiji trounced South Africa 22-0 in the Main Cup final to clinch their first win this season and a third back-to-back silverware in Hong Kong they did it in 14/15 and 15/16 seasons.

In spite of the loss, South Africa still lead with 145 points after seven rounds, Fiji came in second with 122 points and England is third with 113 points.