Hamilton 7s: Hapless Shujaa lose all Pool clashes

The national men's rugby sevens side, Shujaa extended their wretched form in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series as they lost all their Pool A clashes against Samoa, Fiji, and France, leaving them staring down the barrel.

Shujaa had displayed signs of improvement in Cape Town 7s after finishing 13th but were drawn in a fiendish pool that saw them come up against the series' most inform team Samoa, 2019 World Champions Fiji, and France.

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Damian McGrath's side got off to the wrong footing in Hamilton as they suffered a 31-5 loss to Samoa but went into the halftime break level on 5-5 after a brilliant try from Anthony Omondi and went on capitulate in the second half by conceding four tries.

Shujaa faced a daunting task against Fiji, a side they have failed to beat in the last 11 head to heads with the last victory coming back in June 2018 and extended that poor run with a 21-7 defeat with Brian Tanga grabbing the sole try.

Kenya 7s showed much improvement in their final Pool clash against France but Nelson Epee was a constant thorn in the flesh of Shujaa as he plundered a hat-trick with Anthony Omondi, Alvin Otieno and Brain Tanga getting on the try list for Kenya.

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Shujaa will now face Canada in the 9th Place Quarter Final on Saturday 21 January in an 11:30 PM kick-off.

Kenya are flirting with relegation as the series is structured so that at the end of the penultimate event in Toulouse, the 15th-ranked team will be relegated to the 2024 Challenger Series while the 12th to 14th-ranked teams will face off against the Challenger Series 2023 winner for the final position in the 2024 World Series.