Shujaa face Tonga in the preliminary round of the Rugby World Cup Sevens slated for July in San Francisco, USA. In a departure from tradition in the past two World Cups, where the 24 teams were pooled into six groups of four teams, this time round the lower ranked teams will have to go through a qualifying round to make it to the last eight. Kenya are seeded ninth in the three-day event and if they beat the South Pacific Islanders, they will face Scotland in the next round and will progress to the quarters if they win. The remaining 10 teams are ranked according to their placing in last World Series qualifier in Hong Kong with Tonga seeded 24th having not taken part in that event. Shujaa captain Oscar Ouma said they are keen on a World Cup medal.

Source: The Star May 02, 2018 20:37 UTC