Kenya under 20 rugby team Chipu will be facing off with Namibia and Tunisia for 2019 Barthes Under 20 Cup that kicks off on Thursday to Sunday at KCB Sports Ground, Ruaraka.
Champions Namibia will be arriving tomorrow at 3pm ahead of the pool A tournament
Kenya will face Tunisia in the second semi-final on Thursday at 3.30pm after Namibia tackles Senegal from 1.30pm.
Winners of the two semi-final matches will advance to the final slated for Sunday at 4pm. Teams that will lose at the semi-final stage will vie for third spot two hours before the final, with bronze medal winners joining the finalists in the 2020 edition of Barthes Trophy.
Whoever will finish the four-nation competition in last position will be relegated to Pool ‘B’, exchanging places with the winner of second-tier competition, which involves Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Madagascar.
Pool ‘B’ competition runs from April 17-20 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The bottom-ranked side in this pool will give way to Pool ‘C’ winner from the list of Uganda, Algeria, Zambia and Ghana.
Uganda will host the third-tier event from May 8-11 in Kampala. Entry fee at KCB Sports Club will be Sh300 per day
Source: Daily Nation