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Simbas successfully defended the Elgon Cup with a 38-22 win over Uganda Cranes in a match followed by a crowd of players from the RFUEA Grounds in Nairobi to further increase the African Cup standings .
The victory places the camp on a good base in the tournament to produce the African qualifier for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
Ranked second in the six-team competition, Simbas also expects a world ranking increase thanks to Saturday's win, a second home win after a 45-36 victory over Zimbabwe.
The Kenyan double on the Cranes rewarded the Simbas with a 72-38 overall victory, a summary of the campaign launched on May 27 in Kampala with an away win 34 to 16.
The victory on Saturdays was made possible a penalty and five converted tries while the visitors managed four tries and a conversion to deprive Simbas of a bonus point, a third match Simbas won consistently without bonuses for to leave Kenya's score at 12 points, to leave champions and rivals in Namibia Leader Moses Amusala marked Simbas's last try to allow Simbas Jacob Ojee's winger, Samson Onsomu, Felix Ayange and Davies Chenge skipper to try each one of them.
] The Simba Coach, Ian Snoo "We took our chances well early in the game for first place, some mistakes cost us a few chances, especially in the second half. Opponent unnecessary gifts Uganda was well prepared for the match, arrived in the second half and disrupted our systems with their attackers, but we anticipated this and our attackers reacted well to contain them ", said Snook
. Last week, Ivan Magomu scored Uganda's second try to reduce the deficit to 28-12.
Philip Wokorach returned to the score sheet with his second, Michael Okorach broke the chalk for his fourth try
Clinically, Simbas dominated the entire first half but lost his footing in the second half, Andrew Chogo sinned for tripping a Ugandan center to reduce manpower to 14 men
Head Coach John Duncan was not a happy man, losing his second African Cup match to Nairobi, hurt deeply by the laxity of his players in the first half, "We relaxed in the first half and conceded many points and by the time we settled in the match, we did not succeed to bridge the gap, "commented Duncan.
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