Only one of Uganda’s three teams at the 2024 Safari 7s returned from Machakos, Kenya with some silverware. The senior women’s national team, champions at the previous edition in 2023, won the bronze medal match.
They beat Shogun Women (former Samurai) by 25-00 points, wrapping up the three-day tournament with five wins and two losses from seven matches.
Match 1: Shogun 05-20 Uganda
Match 2: Kenya Cubs 00-34 Uganda
Match 3: Uganda 15-05 Emerging Uganda
Match 4: Uganda 22-19 Kenya Lionesses
Match 5: Costa Blanca Barbarians 12-10 Uganda
Cup Semifinal: Kenya Lionesses 15-14 Uganda
Bronze Medal Match: Uganda 25-00 Shogun
Their second-string “Emerging” side lost the fifth-place playoff match, 07-05, to Kenya Cubs.
Match 1: Emerging Uganda 00-41 Kenya Lionesses
Match 2: Costa Blanca Barbarians 36-00 Emerging Uganda
Match 3: Uganda 15-05 Emerging Uganda
Match 4: Emerging Uganda 07-05 Kenya Cubs
Match 5: Shogun 19-00 Emerging Uganda
Fifth-place Playoff: Emerging Uganda 05-07 Kenya Cubs
Uganda Women’s next tournament is the 2024 women’s Rugby Africa 7s, which will be played from November 9-10 in Accra, Ghana.
On the other hand, the men’s team, dubbed “Emerging Uganda”, laboured through the tournament. They dropped from a bronze medal at the previous edition to losing the fifth-place playoff match.
Match 1: Kenya Harlequin 10-07 Uganda
Match 2: Shogun 12-07 Uganda
Match 3: Uganda 19-14 Red Wailers
Match 4: Uganda 00-14 Kenya Morans
Cup Quarterfinal: Kenya Shujaa 27-12 Uganda
Fifth-place Semifinal: Lions 15-12 Uganda
Uganda Men await confirmation from World Rugby and Rugby Africa to know what their 2025 international calendar will look like.
Amidst unsurprisingly low turnout at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos County and fewer participating teams, the 2024 Safari 7s was won by Costa Blanca Barbarians (women) and Kenya Shujaa (men).
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