The Kenya Sevens, Shujaa booked their ticket to the HSBC Singapore Sevens Cup semi-finals, finishing top of Pool B, after 17-7 and 10-7 results over Ireland and France respectively.
Shujaa opened their campaign, playing in the first game against Ireland in the first match of the men’s competition. An early try and conversion from Nygel Amaitsa, saw Shujaa lead 7-0 inside the opening two minutes, before Kevin Wekesa went over in the sixth to take the score to 12-0 in the half-time break.
Patrick Odongo would go over the try line in the 12th minute to take the score to 17-0, before Ireland’s Josh Costello went over to make it 17-7 at full-time, after Mark Roche’s conversion.
Shujaa drew first blood in the second pool game against France, Vincent Onyala slicing through the French defence, in the third minute, with Nygel Amaitsa adding the extras for a 7-0 lead going into the half-time break. The Olympic gold medalists would reply soon after the break drawing level through a Quere Kabaka try and Enahemo Artaud conversion.
In the dying minutes of the second half, Shujaa would win a penalty 40 meters out, dead center, opting to go for the kick, Nygel Amaitsa splitting the uprights to win the game, 10-7 and book the team’s first semi final berth since being promoted back to the World series in the 2024/25 season.
Shujaa’s opponent will be known later in the day after the last round of pool games, with the first Cup semi final set for 9:34AM on Sunday, 6th April, 2025.
