Kenya will begin their campaign in the IRB World Seven Series against Russia tomorrow at 9.26 EAT in the Dubai leg of the circuit. They will than face up against USA at 13.02 before winding up with Pool C top seeds England at 17.52. You can get more details here, including possibly a live feed tomorrow for the matches.
Expectations are high back home after the team reached the semi finals of the Rugby Sevens World Cup last year and the finals of the Adelaide leg of the WSS. The core of the team has been retained with no single rookie in the side. The side thus has enough experience to carry it through. Questions however are being raised as to the preparations of the team with the players having been withdrawn from the local Sevens Circuit and they not having take part in any build up tournaments, unlike much of the opposition they will be facing. Suffice to say they will be relying on their experience and familiarity with each other to build a platform, I think, for the rest of the circuit.
These first two legs of the circuit have traditionally been our most difficult, presumable due to unavailability of players for various reasons, but this time I think we have actually carried our best squad. I however still think they will not be our best legs!
Keep it here for updates and comments after the matches.
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psyche, im at work but catching the game online
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