Homeboyz waited until sudden death to trounce Kenya Harlequins to lift the Christie sevens title, the last leg of National Rugby Sevens series at RFUEA Ground.
Skipper Leonard Mugaisi made the last try in the sudden death after coming from the sin bin for the Deejays to beat Quins 24-19 today to end the series.
Homeboyz thrashed University side Strathmore Leos 41-05 in the semifinal after sealing the Series victory in the quarterfinals against Mean Machine in 29-5.
The win was their fourth in the six leg series across the country. The Deejays had successful wins during the Nakuru’s Prinsloo, Eldoret’s Sepetuka and Kabeberi sevens in Machakos before losing in the final at Dala Sevens in Kisumu and finishing fourth at Driftwood Sevens in Mombasa.
Mwamba, who were also in contention for the national title going into the final day of action, saw their hopes shattered when they lost to Blue Bulls & Tuks Combined from South Africa 22-14 in the cup quarterfinals.
Mwamba had banked on Homeboyz failing to reach the semi-finals with them going all the way to win the Christies but that didn’t happen.
Homeboyz found themselves in trouble when Mugaisi was sent to the sin-bin, with Quins cashed on their numbers to score two tries through Cyprian Kuto and Solomon Okia with Aaron Ofoyrwoth converting both tries for a 14-0 lead.
Homeboyz stepped up with Jeff Oluoch pulling one try for them with Johnston Olindi converting as they trailed 14-7 at the break.
Deejays outmuscled Quins in their own ruck to win a turnover as Oluoch sliced through to score. Olindi added the extras to tie the match at 14-14.
Ofoyrwoth would follow up his brilliant overhead kick to pick the ball and score, but missed the converted to retake the lead 19-14.
Okia was then sin-binned to give Homeboyz an opportunity with Olindo scoring to tie the match again at 19-19 as the full time buzzer went.
Homeboyz would brush off Quins from the kick-off ball before Mugaisi finished off with a try between the posts to win.
Blue Bulls & Tuks Combined finished third to win bronze after beating Strathmore Leos 31-7, while Kenya Commercial Bank settled for fifth with a 29-5 victory against Uganda Emerging Sevens.