SINGAPORE, 17 April 2016 Kenya, ranked eighth in the world, shocked defending champion and Series leader Fiji 30-7 to win the 2016 HSBC World Rugby Singapore Sevens.
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Injera scored twice in the first half and Kenya snuffed out a brief Fiji rally after halftime, scoring two late tries to win convincingly.
It took Kenya 140 tournaments to finally break their duck and they are only the second African nation after South Africa to win a World Series leg.
In the second half, the Fijians threatened briefly when they pulled the lead back with a converted try but they looked more and disjointed as the game wound to its close, by which time Kenya bagged two more unconverted tries to crown a historic Cup victory – their first after playing 114 Sevens tournaments.
The tournament will also be streamed live online at www.worldrugby.org. The cup final is slated to kick off at 6:05 p.m. Sunday.
New Zealand sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens says Sonny Bill Williams is starting to excel in the countdown to the Olympics. We’ve played good rugby and got into some very good positions.
It is a target both Singapore teams are gunning for as they bid to emerge victorious this time.
The men are at a World Series event in Singapore this weekend. “I’m glad the boys did and we managed…to the end”.
Significantly, only in Sevens would we get a real rugby outsider pulling off an upset against one of best teams in the world.
In a sensational Plate final, Samoa came from behind to beat New Zealand 26-21, with Tila Mealoi scoring a try after 14 minutes was up on the clock.
She said: “For the kids, it gives them an opportunity to see some of their idols and heroes”.
“He is just getting better and better with each game of every tournament that he plays and I’m really looking forward to the next two tournaments in Paris and London”.
Kenya have shot up to seventh in the standings after their 22-point haul in Singapore, with Fiji extending their lead at the top to eight points over South Africa with two rounds remaining in France and England.
“It worked at times and at other times they got exposed but that’s about learning the game”.
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The more adventurous kids experienced how it feels like to fly into the try zone by jumping with a rugby ball at the inflatable Rugby Bungee and experienced how rugby players train by taking part in the HSBC Rugby Challenge.
