{"id":72979,"date":"2022-11-02T14:22:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T14:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter"},"modified":"2022-11-02T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T14:48:00","slug":"lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter","title":{"rendered":"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Kenya Lionesses face Uganda in a mouth-watering Africa Cup Pool \u2018B\u2019 encounter at the Wankulukuku Stadium in Kampala on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Both teams registered identical wins of 36-17 over Zambia with Dennis Mwanja\u2019s charges, registering a bonus point victory with four tries which puts them at the top of the table on five points.<\/p>\n

At stake is a promotion to Group A, where the winner will face South Africa and Namibia next year and have a chance to qualify for the inaugural women\u2019s World 15\u2019s competition in 2023.<\/p>\n

Mwanja said he expects consistent phase play from his charges. \u201cWe also did not have consistency in our phase play. The girls were bullied physically and their body position was off. The ball also didn\u2019t flow in the back line,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

The former Kenya Sevens international said despite the win over Zambia, there is still room for improvement in all facets of play.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t start off as we expected against Zambia. We played in the wrong territory and we were not kicking tactically. We generally did not use our opportunities well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The KCB assistant coach expects a stern test from the hosts with bragging rights on the line in what is expected to be a tough clash.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we head into the Uganda game, we have adjusted our set pieces and have got clarity in our attacking and defensive structure. We\u2019ve also addressed the issue of getting the backs more involved in the game and we expect all 15 starters to hit the ground running.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThe whole team will be ready to step up, correct our set pieces, improve our strike rate, play in the right zones and build consistency in phase play by being able to string more than five phases.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mwanja observed the pressure will be on the Ugandans as they are playing at home. \u201cThe Ugandans are at home and the pressure on them is huge. So the key focus will be to start the game and silence the home crowd,\u201d said Mwanja.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Impala Floodlit champions KCB face Quins in a rescheduled quarterfinal tie on Wednesday at the Impala Club. Hosts Impala and Nondies will also face off. Both matches were due to be played on Saturday but were rescheduled to today due to a power failure. The entry fee will be free.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Kenya<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. Kenya Lionesses face Uganda in a mouth-watering Africa Cup Pool \u2018B\u2019 encounter at the Wankulukuku Stadium in Kampala on Wednesday. Both teams registered identical wins of 36-17 over Zambia with Dennis Mwanja\u2019s charges, registering a bonus point victory with four tries which puts them at the top of the table on five […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-72979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"\nLionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kenya Lionesses face Uganda in a mouth-watering Africa Cup Pool \u2018B\u2019 encounter at the Wankulukuku Stadium in Kampala on W ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kenya Lionesses face Uganda in a mouth-watering Africa Cup Pool \u2018B\u2019 encounter at the Wankulukuku Stadium in Kampala on W ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-02T14:22:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-02T14:48:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_5-636282f77036b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"693\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-02T14:22:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-02T14:48:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter\"},\"wordCount\":412,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_5-636282f77036b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter\",\"name\":\"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_5-636282f77036b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-02T14:22:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-02T14:48:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Kenya Lionesses face Uganda in a mouth-watering Africa Cup Pool \u2018B\u2019 encounter at the Wankulukuku Stadium in Kampala on W ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_5-636282f77036b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_5-636282f77036b.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":693,\"caption\":\"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter - kenya","description":"Kenya Lionesses face Uganda in a mouth-watering Africa Cup Pool \u2018B\u2019 encounter at the Wankulukuku Stadium in Kampala on W ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter","og_description":"Kenya Lionesses face Uganda in a mouth-watering Africa Cup Pool \u2018B\u2019 encounter at the Wankulukuku Stadium in Kampala on W ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-11-02T14:22:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-02T14:48:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":693,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_5-636282f77036b.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter","datePublished":"2022-11-02T14:22:30+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-02T14:48:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter"},"wordCount":412,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_5-636282f77036b.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Kenya","Kenya"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter","name":"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_5-636282f77036b.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-02T14:22:30+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-02T14:48:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Kenya Lionesses face Uganda in a mouth-watering Africa Cup Pool \u2018B\u2019 encounter at the Wankulukuku Stadium in Kampala on W ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_5-636282f77036b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/postQueueImg_5-636282f77036b.jpg","width":1000,"height":693,"caption":"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lionesses-face-uganda-in-top-of-the-table-encounter#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lionesses face Uganda in top of the table encounter"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}