Shujaa seeks perfect Day 1 in Dubai 7s

After an eighth-place finish in the opening leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series, Shujaa will be looking to navigate out of tricky Pool B comprising of the USA, Australia and Canada.

Shujaa will kick off the second tournament of Dubai 7s against an improved Australia side on Friday 3 December in an 8:44 am kick-off.

Australia suffered only two losses to eventual champions South Africa and 2019 series champions Fiji last weekend to finish fifth.

Shujaa head coach Innocent Simiyu pinpointed areas of weakness noted last weekend and have in the past week focused on their attacking shape, kick-off and possession. 

“Our preparations leading to tournament two in Dubai has been largely centred around player recovery, ensuring that all our players have recovered 100%,”

Simiyu lists areas of improvement ahead of Dubai 7s

“We have addressed a few areas of concern in our game around our attacking shape, kick-off area and possession, our key target is to improve on our performance across the board and hopefully we can get better results from that,” said Simiyu.

Kenya will be presented with a chance to exert some revenge on the USA at 1:20 PM after narrowly losing 14-7 last weekend as they were let down by basic handling skills. 

Shujaa will close Day 1 with a clash against Canada who Kenya beat last season to finish third in the series that marked their best-ever campaign. 

Simiyu will be banking on the individual brilliance of Alvin Otieno and Herman Humwa who both impressed last weekend.