Kenya rugby15s Coach Jerome Paarwater in confident that the Simbas will redeem its image to win the second match against Russia in the going Hong Kong Cup of Nations rugby tournament in China.
To this, Paarwater has made eight changes in the starting lineup, against Russia on Tuesday at Kings Park Sports Ground.
This follows a 23-03 Simba’s loss to south American Chile to in the opening match on Friday afternoon.
Oscar Simiyu, Dennis Karani,Lyle Asiligwa, Biko Adema, Peter Kilonzo and Vincent Mose who all came off the bench on Friday get to start this encounter alongside Martin Owilah and Alex Olaba who didn’t feature in the Simbas match day one squad.
Elkeans Musonye, also unused on match day one, starts on the bench.
Jacob Ojee, Tony Onyango and Eric Kerre are all rested for this encounter.
Russia, ranked 20th in the world, started their Cup of Nations campaign with a narrow 16-13 win over hosts Hong Kong.
Simbas Squad for Russia
- Vincent Mose 14. Darwin Mukidza 13. Peter Kilonzo 12. Leo Owade 11. Alex Olaba 10. Biko Adema 9. Lyle Asiligwa 1. Oscar Simiyu 2. Peter Karia 3. Dennis Karani 4. Wilson Kopondo (C) 5. Oliver Mang’eni 6. Davis Chenge 7. Martin Owilah 8. Joshua Chisanga