Holders Kenya Shujaa failed to shine at home in the opening fixture of Safari 7s as Kenya Morans and Kenya Lionesses shine at the Nyayo national stadium.
The Kevin Wambua coached side for the first time in 23 matches failed to record victory after coming 14-0 down to draw at 21-21 with Fast Forward.
Fast Forward made the opening converted try for 7-0 lead before doubling their advantage to 14-0 before Shujaa pulled one converted try through George Ooro’s try with Nygel Amaitsa converting for 14-07 into break.
on resumption, Fast Forward made another converted try for 21-7 then Shujaa’s Glacious Owino touched down the second with Amaitsa converting for 21-14 lead then Elvis Olukusi converted try led to a 21-21 draw at the final whistle.
The Kenya Morans kicked off their campaign in explosive fashion winning 40-17 over Gel 7s.
Mike Lukusi opened the scoring after picking from a scrum, before setting up Dennis Ndayala Livoi for Morans’ second. Lukusi then took a quick penalty tap to score his second and make it 17-0.
After Gel Squad responded with two quick tries to make it 17-12, Ndayala completed his brace. Debutants Lucky Onyango and Brighton Omondi then crossed over to push the lead to 40-12, before Gel’s Marco Jones completed his own brace to close out the 40-17 result.
Kenya Lionesses were too good for Junior Lionesses in their opening fixture at the same venue with 19-05 victory.
In other women results, Tunisia edged out Kenya Shbli 17-15 while Uganda produced a masterclass in the second match of the day, dismantling the TUKS Women’s squad 50-5.
Today’s results
Men’s round one
- Zimbabwe 22-14 Wonder 7s
- Kenya Morans 40-17 Gel Squad 7s
- French Renegades 22-14 Wellington Jaguars
- Shogun 38-0 Southern California Nomads
- Uganda 14-17 Scotland
- Kenya Shujaa 21-21 Forward Legends
Saturday 10th October
Men’s round two fixtures
- Zimbabwe vs Gel Squad 7s
- Kenya Morans vs Wonder 7s
- French Renegades vs Southern California Nomads
- Shogun vs Wellington Jaguars
- Uganda vs Forward Legends
- Kenya Shujaa vs Scotland
Men’s round three
- Gel Squad 7s vs Wonder 7s
- Southern California Nomads vs Wellington Jaguars
- Forward Legends vs Scotland
- Kenya Morans vs Zimbabwe
- Shogun vs French Renegades
- Kenya Shujaa vs Uganda
WOMEN’S results
Friday results
- Kenya Cubs 15-17 Tunisia
- Uganda 50-5 Tuks Women
- Kenya Lionesses 19-5 Junior Lionesses