Kenya Simbas’ Brian Juma set for sanction following red card against Portugal

Kenya Simbas second rower Brian Juma will appear before an independent judicial committee on Wednesday, 16 November having received a red card in Kenya’s match against Portugal during the Rugby World Cup 2023 Final Qualification Tournament match that took place in Dubai on 12 November, 2022.

In the encounter, which Kenya succumbed to a humiliating 85-0 loss that consequently ended the team’s hopes of making a first ever Rugby World Cup tournament in their history, the Kabras Sugar lock was red carded after picking two yellow cards issued for offences contrary to Law 9.7(a) (intentional infringement) and Law 9.13 (dangerous tackle).

“Kenya second-row, Brian Juma will appear before an independent judicial committee on Wednesday, 16 November having received a red card in Kenya’s match against Portugal during the Rugby World Cup 2023 Final Qualification Tournament taking place in Dubai on 12 November, 2022.

The red card was as a result of two yellow cards issued for offences contrary to Law 9.7(a) (intentional infringement) and Law 9.13 (dangerous tackle),” a statement from World Rugby read.

The independent Disciplinary Committee that will hear the matter is chaired by Tommy Dalton (Ireland), joined by former international players David Humphreys (Ireland) and Bogdan Zebega (Romania).

The red card shown to Juma just a minute into the second half saw Kenya struggle to cope owing to the numerical disadvantage with Portugal running in five tries in the next 20 minutes as Tadjer, Vincent Pinto, captain Tomás Appleton (twice) and Jose Andrade all crossed the whitewash.

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Marques converted two, while Jéronimo Portela added another to give Os Lobos a 66-0 lead with a quarter of the match remaining.

Os Lobos crossed the whitewash on a further three occasions, through a penalty try, Joāo Belo and Lionel Campergue, their 13th and final score coming after Kenya had been reduced to 13 players, Geofrey Okwach sin-binned for a dangerous tackle.

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Kenya will play Hong Kong in the last match of the tournament on Friday at 1600EAT with nothing else but pride to play for.