Kenya, and Uganda picked up wins today in RWC Qualifiers, doing so over Tunisia, and Morocco respectively. The matches were the penultimate round of Africa’s 2018 Gold Cup, the qualifying series to determine who goes to RWC 2019 as Africa 1 and who enters repechage. Africa 1 will playing Pool …
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Uganda hammered Tunisia in a RWC qualifier today, winning 67-12 at the Kyadondo Rugby Club in Kampala. The match was part of the Africa Gold Cup, the ongoing continental series to determine who will join South Africa in representing Rugby Afrique at RWC 2019 in Japan. Uganda’s victory sees the …
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Chile finished off their Rugby World Cup Sevens on a high by winning their third consecutive match and earning the Bowl with a 20-7 victory over Hong Kong. The result gives them a 17th overall finish with their only defeat the last-second loss to Ireland on opening day. Pedro Verschae …
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Chile will play in the Bowl Final at the Rugby World Cup Sevens after defeating Uganda on Day Three in San Francisco. Uruguay were overwhelmed by Hong Kong, while Jamaica were given a sound beating by Papua New Guinea Los Cóndores led 15-5 at the break thanks to tries from …
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The second day of the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco proved more fruitful than the first for the Americas teams knocked out of Championship contention. Canada, Chile, and Uruguay each earned victories while Jamaica put in a creditable performance in defeat to Hong Kong. Chile opened the day …
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The top two Americas seeds at the Rugby World Cup Sevens advanced to the Quarter Finals after dominant performances in the Round of 16 on Friday. Argentina ended Canada’s hopes of reaching the final eight while the USA started their tournament in style with a big win over Wales. Canada …
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The 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens will kick off at San Francisco’s AT&T Park in just a few hours with 40 teams from 28 nations participating across two divisions. It’s the seventh rendition of the tournament for the men, but only the fourth time the women have been involved. This …
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Kenya won their derby RWC qualifier today against Uganda. The Simbas 38-22 victory over Uganda maintains their unbeaten run in Africa’s Gold Cup, the continental qualifying series for RWC 2019. Played at the RFUEA Ground in Nairobi, Kenya played impressive rugby to build a massive 31-12 advantage. Yet complacency set-in and …
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The fight to become Africa 1 took an unexpected turn this afternoon. In Tunis Tunisia claimed an upset victory over Zimbabwe in a RWC qualifier. The 18-14 victory is the first for Tunisia who were hammered 118-0 by Namibia last month. The fixture was the third for Zimbabwe. With the …
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Namibia kicked-off their RWC 2019 qualifying campaign with a bang, downing Uganda 55-6 in Windhoek. The match was the second of what as the opening day of Africa’s regional qualifying for RWC 2019. Competing in the Gold Cup are Namibia, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The six African countries are …
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