The University of Nairobi will host the opener and the final of the inaugural Kenya Universities Sports Association (KUSA) fifteen a side that kicks off on September 29th to October 29th across the country.
Following the completion of KUSA sevens where Kenyatta University’s Blak Blad was crowned champions after winning three out of five series meetings across the country, they will be trying their best to replicate in the sevens good run.
The fifteens, which will be sponsored by Sports Options Limited has attracted eight teams so far that will be played in a round robin format.
KUSA Secretary-General Joseph Kidake Sandagi was optimistic that the sponsorship was a good deal for the university as a way of promoting and nurturing talents at the University level.
“We have prepared out teams well and hope to produce a superlative performance once the games kick off,” said Sandagi.
The winners in each pool will then square it out with the runner-up of the other pool in the semi-final on October 20, with the losers fighting it out for third and fourth place playoff in a curtain-raiser to the final due October 27.
Sandagi said they have received eight teams consisting Egerton Wasps, Kenyatta University’s Blak Blad, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), UON’s Mean Machine, Technical University of Mombasa (TUM), University of Eldoret’s Trojans and Catholic University of Eastern Africa’s (CUEA), the Monks.