{{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.}}
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.
“We are very excited about the win, given that the team was aiming for the number one spot,” he said.
“The 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,” he said.
“We 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,” he added.
“We saw our mistakes on our first day and we worked hard to try and correct them,” said Ochieng, “Infact 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,” he added.
“This has been a good tournament where we have seen teams like Zimbabwe, Tunisia and Morrocco make good account of themselves,” he noted. “They have played exceptionally well and we always knew it was not going to be easy,” he said.
Meanwhile Zimbabwe coach Gilbert Nyamutsama rued the loss saying they hoped to achieve better. “We always have a good time when we come to Kenya, we enjoyed the tournament and we really hoped we could have won it,” he said.
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