The 2024 Sportpesa national sevens commenced on a high note with the Christie seven`s serving as the opening leg for the circuit at the RFUEA grounds Ngong road.Teams turned up in numbers to battle it out in the division one,division two and the ladies category.
Hosts Kenya Harlequins began the day on a high note with a resounding 33-7 win over university side Daystar falcons.This crowned them the biggest winners in the round one men`s category.Former Tisap sevens champions Nondescripts had an impressive 27-5 win over Impala RFC.The collated round one results were as follows:
DIVISION ONE
Nondescripts 27-5 Impala RFC
KCB 17-14 Homeboyz
Nakuru RFC 12-21 Catholic Monks
Kabras 26-5 Kisumu RFC
Harlequins 33-7 Daystar
Strathmore Leos 14-5 Blak Blad
Mwamba 24-17 University of Eldoret
Menengai Oilers 24-12 MMUST
DIVISION TWO
NYS Spades 07-00 Makueni RFC
JKUAT 07-13 12 TUM Marines
Massaku Rugby 7-41 Stallions Rugby
Momabasa RFC 0-0 Kiambu rugby
KCA 12-20 Northern Suburbs
USIU 00-05 Ngong Warriors
AP warriors 17-15 MKU Nairobi
Mean Machine 21-00 Stomers
Zetech 52-00 Stingers
Kabarak 00-12 Embu RFC
LADIES CATEGORY
Western spears 05-12 Meru Ladies
Mwamba 44-00 Ruck It
NYS Ladies 05-38 Harlequins
Impala 31-07 Northern Suburbs
In the second round , 2023 overall circuit winners KCB were out to prove their dominance after they had an impressive 47-00 over Impala.In the ladies category,Mwamba secured a 34-00 win over Meru Ladies giving them point boost .This round also saw a record of three draws in the men`s division one.The overall round two results were as follows:
DIVISION ONE
Nondescripts 17-07 Homeboyz
KCB 47-00 Impala
Nakuru RFC 12-00 Kisumu RFC
Kabras 12-12 Catholic Monks
Harlequins 12-12 Blak Blad
Strathmore 17-17 Daystar
Mwamba 05-33 MMUST
Menengai Oilers 12-7 University of Eldoret
DIVISION TWO
NYS SPADES 17-12 TUM Marines
JKUAT 07-05 Makueni RFC
Masaku rugby 10-26 Kiambu rugby
Mombasa RFC 07-21 Stallions Rugby
KCA 05-17 Ngong Warriors
USIU A 19-15 Northern Suburbs
AP Warriors 28-14 Stomers
Mean Machine 00-12 MKU Nairobi
Zetech 07-14 Embu RFC
Kabarak 24-12 Stingers
LADIES CATEGORY
Western Spears 07-28 Ruck It
Mwamba 34-00 Meru Ladies
NYS Ladies 00-38 Northern Suburbs
Impala 26-00 Harlequins
The round three was quite eventful and drew the fans` attention as underdogs Homeboyz put up a spirited fight beating Impala 33-0.MMUST also bagged in their biggest win of the day beating UOE 36-7.The overall results for the round three were as follows:
Division One
Homeboyz 33-00 Impala
Kisumu 07-19 Catholic Monks
Blak blad 07-05 Daystar
MMUST 36-07 UOE
KCB 14-17 Nondescripts
Kabras 12-05 Nakuru
Strathmore 17-05 Harlequins
Oilers 14-10 Mwamba
Division two
Makueni RFC 00-21 TUM MARINES
JKUAT 05-12 NYS Spades
Stallions 31-00 Kiambu
Mombasa RFC 10-12 Masaku
USIU A 12-7 KCA
MKU Nairobi 10-05 Stomers
Mean Machine 07-21 AP Warriors
Stingers 00-40 Embu RFC
Kabarak 12-14 Zetech
The pairings for the division one challenger cup are as follows:
Homeboyz vs Kisumu RFC
Mwamba vs Daystar falcons
Nakuru vs Impala
Blak Blad vs UOE
The Pairings for the cup stage will be as follows :
Nondescripts vs Catholic Monks
Menengai oilers vs Harlequins
Kabras vs KCB
Strathmore Leos VS MMUST.
