Day two of the 2024 Kabebeberi Sevens began with great energy as the Challenge Trophy quarter-finals and Main Cup quarter-finals were completed. In the Challenge Trophy, Nondescripts achieved the most significant victory by defeating the hosts, Mwamba, with a score of 36-00. KU Blak Blad also secured a place in the semi-finals after a 17-05 win against MKU Thika. The complete results for the Challenge Trophy quarter-finals were as follows:
Nakuru RFC 12-00 Kisumu RFC
Mwamba RFC 00-36 Nondescripts
Stallions 07-05 Impala RFC
KU Blak Blad 17-05 MKU Thika
Strathmore Leos suffered their first loss of the day putting them out of the semi-finals after a narrow 05-12 defeat to Catholic Monks.KCB booked themselves a slot in the semi-finals after a dominant 24-00 win against Daystar Falcons.The collated results from the cup quarter finals were as follows :
Strathmore Leos 05-12 Catholic Monks
KCB 24-00 Daystar Falcons
Menengai Oilers 19-12 Kabras Sugar
Harlequins 19-00 MMUST
The next round entailed the thirteenth, ninth,fifth, and main cup semi-finals.Hosts Mwamba edged out Kisumu 22-17 booking a slot in the thirteenth place finals.KU Blak Blad put up an impressive perfomance beating Stallions 31-10 securing a slot in the ninth place finals against Nondescripts.Kabras sugar beat homies MMUST 33-00 earning a spot in the fifth place finals.In the main cup semi-finals KCB beat Catholic Monks 31-05 earning a spot in the finals.Kenya Harlequins narrowly missed out of the finals in a tightly contested match which saw Menengai Oilers win 26-21.The overall results for the Semi-finals were as follows:
13th place: Kisumu RFC 17-22 Mwamba
MKU Thika 08-7 Impala
9th place: Nakuru RFC 07-17 Nondescripts
KU Blak Blad 31-10 Stallions
5th place: Strathmore 32-07 Daystar
MMUST 00-33 Kabras
Cup semis: Catholic Monks 05-31 KCB
Harlequins 21-26 Menengai Oilers
The last round entailed the finals where hosts Mwamba beat MKU 37-05 in the thirteenth place finals.KU Blak Blad emerged the ninth place winners after closely edging out Nondescripts 19-12.Strathmore Leos stirred up an upset in the fifth place finals after beating Dala sevens champions Kabras 14-12 .Kenya Harlequins finished on a high note beating Catholic Monks 33-14.Zetech Oaks thrashed kabarak 45-00 in the division two finals being crowned the Men`s division two champions.
In the cup finals KCB were first to open the scoreboard with an unconverted try.Emmanuel Opondo extended the lead for KCB with a try as Shiasi put in the extras.Jacob Ojee and Festus Shiasi each put in a try with both conversions sailing wide putting the scores at 22-00 at half time.Emmanuel Opondo curated a well played move putting Samuel Asati in for the fourth try of the game as Festus Shiasi put in the extras.Dennis Abukuse scored the solo try for Menengai Oilers before the final whistle went ending the game at 29-07 consequently crowning KCB the 2024 Kabeberi sevens champions.
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