Curtains fell on the 2024 sportpesa national sevens circuit after the completion of the Prinsloo sevens on the fifteenth September at the Nakuru Athletics Club. After a tightly contested day one,the day two began with the challenge trophy and main cup quarter finals.
In the opening game of the day Zetech Oaks beat Mwamba in the challenge trophy quarter finals booking a slot in the ninth place semi-finals.It was quite a tough luck for KCB through out the entire tournament but they managed to book a slot in the ninth place semi-finals after thrashing Mombasa 39-00 in the quarter finals.Harlequins received a shocker after being edged out 15-12 by Nondescripts in the quarter finals.Strathmore Leos beat stallions 26-05 to secure a slot in the main cup semi-finals.All collated results from the challenge trophy and main cup quarters were as follows:
Challenge Trophy; Cup quarter
Zetech Oaks 24-17 Mwamba Harlequins 12-15 Nondescripts
Daystar Falcons 14-12 MMUST Kabras 10-00 Blak Blad
KCB 39-00 Mombasa RFC Nakuru RFC 17-24 Menengai Oilers
Catholic Monks 35-7 Kabarak Starthmore Leos 26-5 Stallions Rugby
The next round was the semi-finals for the thirteenth, ninth , fifth place and cup semi-finals.Mwamba were first to book the slot in the 13th place finals after beating MMUST 21-10.In the ninth place varsity derby Daystar beat Zetech Oaks 15-07 consequently booking a spot in the finals matching them up against KCB.Nakuru were first to book a slot in the fifth place finals after a successful 20-05 win against Stallions.A 15-05 loss for Kabras in the main cup semi-finals against Nondescripts crowned Kenya Harlequins the 2024 Sportpesa national sevens circuit winners as this put Quins ahead by Points regardless of their fifth place results final.The overall results for the semi-finals were as follows:
13Th place semi-finals 9th place semi-finals
Mwamba 21-10 MMUST Zetech oaks 7-15 Daystar falcons
Kabarak 05-07 Mombasa Rugby Catholic Monks 10-22 KCB
5th place semi-finals Cup semis
Harlequins 22-05 Blak Blad Nondescripts 15-05 Kabras
Stallions 5-20 Nakuru RFC Strathmore Leos 17-12 Menengai
In the main cup finals, Strathmore beat Ngong road side Nondescripts 33-07 in crowning them the Prinsloo sevens champions.However after a good run through out the entire season,Kenya Harlequins were crowned the overall 2024 Sportpesa National Sevens circuit winners.
