Nairobi — Shujaa relinquished their Africa 7s title on Sunday, however did apt however ample to beget qualification to the Rugby Sevens World Cup after beating Zambia 19-12 within the third keep play-off in Kampala.
Shujaa had dropped off the title stride after losing to Uganda within the semi-finals, however they wrote off a few wrongs with the Zambia victory to beget their sixth qualification to the World Cup, location to be staged in South Africa in September.
Debutant Amon Wamalwa landed a brace of tries for Shujaa in opposition to Zambia whereas Augustine Lugonzo crossed over as soon as and Tony Omondi slicing the posts for conversions in two of the three tries.
Innocent Simiyu’s costs had hoped to defend their title, however they noticed the dreams crashed after losing 22-12 to Uganda within the semi-finals. They’d earlier on suffered a shock 12-7 loss to Madagascar of their last pool match.
Shujaa had a splendid delivery to the match, beating Namibia 33-7 and Zimbabwe 24-19 of their first two pool suits. They’d earned a keep within the pool stage after a 19-0 victory over Senegal within the seeding match.
Hosts Uganda obtained the match after thrashing Zimbabwe 28-0 within the last.
Simiyu and his technical bench will now hold loads to deem about earlier than the World Cup, in particular with the performance within the World Rugby Sevens series additionally no longer being to authorized.
-Additional reporting from KRU