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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Betway rugby league title was down to preparation. Brian Ochan was a big part of the team\u2019s success after crossing from Black Pirates.<\/p>\n

He was one of the several signings made by the club that included James Odongo, Arthur Mpande, Saul Kivumbi and Byron Oketayot.The scrumhalf switched from the red and black of Pirates to the blue and black of Kobs, and has no regrets at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to make a decision and I thought Kobs was the right place for me,\u201d he says.He had been part of the Kobs junior side before moving to the Sea Robbers nine years ago.<\/p>\n

Childhood club<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cKobs is my childhood club so it was easy to make the decision,\u201d Ochan adds.At Pirates, Ochan won the league in 2018 but he admits the pressure of winning at Kobs is quite different.<\/p>\n

\u201cKobs is a club that wants to win everything. The management, players and fans are all proud of their team and expect to win all the time,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Ochan\u2019s arrival coincided with the departure of Ivan Kirabo and that sent him straight into the thick of things. That made him Kobs\u2019 first choice number nine, starting six of the eight games.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, the only game he didn\u2019t play was the title decider against Pirates on the final day.<\/p>\n

Head coach Davis Kyewalabye, himself a former scrumhalf, has nothing but plaudits for Ochan.\u201cHe\u2019s been great for us. I think he hasn\u2019t played this much rugby before,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pecking order<\/b><\/p>\n

Indeed, at Pirates, Conrad Wanyama and Stephen Alul ranked higher in the team\u2019s pecking order and playing time was hard to come by for Ochan.<\/p>\n

Edgar Sseruwagi, Khemis Rashid and Adrian Kasito have all auditioned for the Kobs number nine jersey but no one has made it their own, at least not yet.<\/p>\n

In the final game of the season, in which Kobs beat Pirates 15-5, Kyewalabye made a tactical change and omitted Ochan from the starting lineup.<\/p>\n

Sseruwagi is fancied as a better defender and did well for the Blue Army to close out the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to win and the coaches chose the best team for the day. We got what we wanted,\u201d Ochan explains.<\/p>\n

What next?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI see us winning more trophies because the team has a good blend of youth and experience. It can push us for some years if kept together,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Ochan has been attempting to find his footing in politics and lost the Naguru 2A LC3 Councillor in the February elections. The life in the ghetto pushed him to try to solve the issues affecting the youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I would contribute in solving issues that affect us as the youth,\u201d Ochan says. \u201cOf course, selling rugby to government and everyone out there was also on my mind.\u201dThat dream came crushing as he lost to NRM\u2019s Michael Onout.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not the end for the bald Ochan though \u2013 his goal is to represent his home constituents of Agago West in Parliament.<\/p>\n

The chef<\/b><\/p>\n

Olenge, as Ochan is fondly referred to in rugby circles, is a qualified chef. He runs a small chicken business at Yamo Bar and Restaurant in the ghetto of Naguru to fend for his wife and two children.<\/p>\n

editorial@ug.nationmedia.com<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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