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KOBs extended their dominance in the National Rugby Sevens after winning the Soroti 7s, their third win from as many circuits.

The series defending champions beat Heathens 14-00 in the final to move 11 points clear on the log.

Heathens went to Soroti for the ultimate prize and the intention was clear when they denied Pirates another trip to the final courtesy of a 10-05 win in the semifinal.

Heathens conceded a penalty try after Norbert Okeny was sin-binned following an obstruction offence on Adrian Kasito who had the tryline in his sight.

Aaron Ofoyrwoth could have put Heathens on the board but knocked on just a meter away from the try area as KOBs took a 07-00 cushion to the break under the dark skys.

Kasito crashed over later in the second half, and despite protests from the Heathens players, assistant referee Raymond Kisekka was convinced and KOBs’ try stood. Kasito converted thereafter to put the game beyond Heathens’ reach.

Heathens remain third but move to within two points adrift of second-placed Pirates who have 55 points after finishing third in Soroti.

The victory puts KOBs in strong position to defend their 7s title, with three circuits (Kabale, Rujjumba, and Coronation) still to play.

Soroti 7s Knockout Results

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Top four

  1. KOBs – 66 Points
  2. Pirates – 55 points
  3. Heathens – 53 Points
  4. Buffaloes – 45 Points

Remaining Circuits

Kobs needed two tries to upstage new rivals Heathens as they claimed their third finals victory of the sevens series on Saturday.

The Legends based side capitalized on Adrian Kasito’s illegal block on Nobert Okeny to earn a penalty try.

Later, Kasito sealed the third circuit success for Kobs after another quick tap from a penalty.

Heathens’ journey was cut short despite being boosted by the return of Aaron Ofoywroth, had dispatched Black Pirates, 10-05, in the second main cup semifinal.

The result meant Kobs – who had eased past Buffaloes – collected maximum points on the trip, and a UGX 500,000 winners’ cash prize.

Heathens finished an impressive second ahead of Black Pirates and Buffaloes in third and fourth places respectively.

The Sevens Series will take a break for one weekend before resuming with the Rujumba Sevens on October 30 at Kings Park Stadium. 

Action will then be taken to Kabale before the series finale at Legends during the Coronation Sevens.

The draws for the third circuit of the National Rugby Sevens have been revealed by Uganda Rugby Union.

Series defending champions and winners of this year’s opening two circuits KOBs have been drawn in Pool A alongside Jinja Hippos, Plascon Mongers, and Sailors.

Black Pirates, who have been runner-up in the two circuits played thus far are in Pool B along with Warriors, Impis, and circuit hosts Soroti Rangers.

Heathens are in Pool C alongside Buffaloes, Rams, and another Jinja side Walukuba Barbarians.

Unlike the central circuits, Soroti Sevens like every other upcountry circuit will be played over a single day.

The games will be played on Saturday, 16th October.

POOLS

KOBs were crowned winners of the second circuit of the National Rugby Sevens on Saturday at Pece Stadium in Gulu.

KOBs beat Black Pirates 03-00 in a closely contested final of the Gulu Sevens, which was a repeat of last Sunday’s match-up at Legends during the Mileke Sevens.

James Ijongat’s dropkick in the second half was the decisive moment of the game as the two best sides in the Sevens faced off again.

It was an improved performance from the Sea Robbers from last Sunday but KOBs was in superb form on the weekend having finished the whole circuit without conceding a point

KOBs topped Pool A; sweeping aside Gulu Elephants, Warriors, and Impis to reach the quarters where they eased past Rams 38-00.

In the semis, they beat Warriors 40-00 while Black Pirates edged Heathens in the other semifinal.

KOBs took home Shs500,000 while circuit MVP Ian Munyani walked away with Shs250000 thanks to the title sponsors.

The win took KOBs to 44 points, six clear of Black Pirates on 38 on the standings.

Gulu Sevens Selected Results

Pools

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Remaining Circuits

The draws for the second circuit of the 2021 National Rugby Sevens, the Gulu Sevens, have been conducted.

Series defending champions and winners of this year’s first circuit KOBs have been drawn in Pool A alongside Impis, Warriors, and circuit hosts Gulu Elephants.

Opening circuit runners-up Black Pirates are in Pool B along with Jinja Hippos, Plascon Mongers, and Rams.

Pool C has Heathens, Buffaloes, Sailors, and Gulu Falcons.

Unlike the central circuits, Gulu Sevens like every other upcountry circuit will be played over a single day. The games will be played on Saturday, 9th October.

POOLS

Kampala Old Boys (KOBs) have won the opening circuit of the 2021 Guinness National Rugby Sevens.

The KOBs edged Black Pirates 21-17 at Legends Rugby Ground to win Mileke Sevens on Sunday, 3rd October.

Tries from Adrian Kasito, Byron Oketayot, and Alhaj Manano all converted by the circuit Most Valuable Player Joseph Aredo handed KOBs victory in the opening circuit.

Isaac Massa, Desire Ayera, and Kelvin Balagadde scored for the Sea Robbers with Timothy Kisiga converting Ayera’s try.

Pirates were Mileke Sevens Runners-up

Meanwhile, Heathens beat Buffaloes 14-12 to take 3rd place.

This year’s Mileke Sevens was played to honour the legends of the game along the theme “Legends Live Among Us”.

The Mileke family, Late Henry Rujumba, Late Edward Kitaka, Robert Seguya, Helen Buteme, the Mudoola family, and Allan Musoke were honoured for their contribution to the game.

Following the conclusion of an exciting opening day of the first circuit of the 2021 National Sevens Series with matches from the group stage of the Mileke Sevens, the quarterfinal match-ups have been confirmed.

The top two teams from each of the four groups have advanced to the knockout phase of the Main Cup which will be played on day two (Sunday, 3rd October) of the event.

Defending champions Kobs will face Entebbe Mongers while Black Pirates will take on Jinja Hippos. the other quarterfinals will see Heathens take on Impis while Buffaloes will battle Warriors.

Main Cup Quarterfinals

The winners from these matches will proceed to the Main Cup semifinal and ultimately final while the losers will play for 5th place.

Meanwhile, the bottom two teams from the groups will compete for the Challenge Trophy with a similar format of knockout matches.

Challenge Trophy Quarterfinals

The winners from these matches will proceed to the Challenge Trophy Semifinal and Final while the losers will drop to the 13th place playoff matches for seeding.

Day Two action kicks off at 8:00 a.m. at Legends Rugby Ground.

Draws for the opening circuit of the 2021 National Rugby Sevens series (Mileke Sevens) were held on Tuesday evening at Kyadondo.

Circuit hosts Warriors were drawn in Pool A along with Series defending champions Kobs, Rams and Mongers’ development side Jjengo. The circuit will take place this weekend (October 2-3) at Legends Rugby Grounds.

Black Pirates were drawn in Pool B alongside their development side Sailors, Impis, and Jaguars. Sailors attained core status after winning the qualification tournament in 2019.

Heathens are in Pool C alongside Hippos, Rhinos and Pacers while Pool D has Mongers, Buffaloes, Stallions, and Rams 2.

Mileke Sevens Pool draws (Invitational Teams*)

The top two teams from each pool will progress to the Main Cup quarterfinals after which the winners will progress to the main cup semifinals while the losers will drop to the fifth place playoffs.

The bottom two teams from each pool will progress to a quarterfinal knockout phase of their own in which the winners will compete for the Challenge trophy and the losers for the 13th place playoffs.

The 2021 National Sevens Series will start this weekend with Warriors hosting the first circuit at Legends Rugby Club.

Mileke Sevens is the first of the six rounds that will be held across the country’s four regions from with the Central Region hosting three, including the series finale in November.

The Uganda Rugby Union (URU) is putting in motion the transition to multi-day sevens circuits, which will give the local players a feel of the standards at the international level.

The series is a mix of single-day circuits (for upcountry regions) and two-day circuits (in the Central region).

As has been the case, the 2021 series will be a 16-team competition with 10 core teams and 6 invitational teams in each circuit.

The ten core teams are Kobs (defending champions), Black Pirates, Jinja Hippos, Buffaloes, Mongers, Impis, Heathens, Warriors, Rams, and newly promoted Sailors. The invitational teams will be determined by URU for each circuit.

Series Dates

Rugby Africa has announced that France will host the African qualification tournament for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

The tournament which doubles as the Rugby Africa Cup will be played in the opening weeks of July 2022 as a continuation of the 2021 event whose group phase was concluded.

“Following a call for applications launched to all African member federations of World Rugby as well as to France 2023, the Rugby Africa commissions have reviewed the submissions in the light of very precise criteria to evaluate the offers and enable Rugby Africa’s Executive Committee to choose the host country of the Rugby Africa Cup 2022.

“Through a voting process, the candidacy of France 2023 was eventually selected,” a statement from Rugby Africa read.

The event will start at the quarterfinals with the match-ups already known.

Rugby Africa Cup 2022 quarterfinals

The winner of the final will qualify automatically for the 2023 Rugby World Cup and complete Pool A to face hosts France, New Zealand, Italy, and the Americas 1 qualifier while the runner-up will qualify for the final qualification tournament.