{{The Kenyan National Sevens Rugby team emerged as the kings of Africa after an emphatic 24-19 victory against Zimbabwe in the finals of the Confederations of African Rugby 7s tournament in Mombasa.}}<\/p>\n
Speaking to FeverPitch after the victory, Kenya coach Felix Ochieng praised the team, saying it was a good tournament which gave a lot of exposure to the upcoming team. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very excited about the win, given that the team was aiming for the number one spot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe boys knew that there was a lot of competition for places in the last two legs of the International Rugby Board Sevens circuit and the Sevens Rugby World Cup and they really stepped it up a notch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have noted five players who we think can join the national squad and we will identify them as soon as I speak to the head coach Mike Friday,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw our mistakes on our first day and we worked hard to try and correct them,\u201d said Ochieng, \u201cInfact our main aim on the second day was to try and ensure we had as little mistakes as possible and then play it out from there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been a good tournament where we have seen teams like Zimbabwe, Tunisia and Morrocco make good account of themselves,\u201d he noted. \u201cThey have played exceptionally well and we always knew it was not going to be easy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Zimbabwe coach Gilbert Nyamutsama rued the loss saying they hoped to achieve better. \u201cWe always have a good time when we come to Kenya, we enjoyed the tournament and we really hoped we could have won it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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