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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>National Sevens rugby team Shujaa has been placed in a tough pool for the Hong Sevens later this month. Following their tenth place finish in Vancouver, Kenya will now face Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Kenya bagged eight points from the tournament in Vancouver to place 13th on the log with 29 points. The team is in a relegation dogfight alongside Spain, Canada, Uruguay, Japan and Tonga. Damian McGrath’s charges blew hot and cold in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

The two-day competition saw Kenya lose to Fiji 31-12 and 26-12 to Great Britain on the first day. They also narrowly lost 21-19 to Uruguay to finish winless in the pool and bottom of the group.<\/p>\n

Kenya dropped to the classification matches on the second day where they stunned South Africa 17-12. They also edged out Spain 24-14 with Daniel Tabula, skipper Nelson Oyoo and George Ooro scoring a try each as Kenya led 19-0 at the interval.<\/p>\n

On resumption, Spain bounced back with Tiago Romero and Alejandro Laforgo scoring a try both of which were converted to cut the deficit to 19-14 Substitute Brian Tanga came off the bench to score the decisive fourth try and seal the win to set up ninth place final clash against Samoa which Kenya lost 35-17<\/p>\n

POOLS<\/b>
\nPool A:<\/b> Argentina, Fiji, Samoa , Canada<\/p>\n

Pool B:<\/b> France, Great Britain, Uruguay, Hong Kong<\/p>\n

Pool C:<\/b> Australia, USA, Spain, Japan<\/p>\n

Pool D:<\/b> Ireland, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa<\/p>\n

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

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