KSSSA: Four schools sail to Main Cup quarters unscathed in rugby 7s

Ofafa Jericho, Butula, Koyonzo and Nanyuki High School all sailed to the Main Cup quarter finals with a 100% record at the the Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) national games staged at the Nakuru Boys High School on Saturday 10 September.

A number of schools impressed despite losses in Pool action including Upper Hill, All Saints Boys-Embu, and Nduru Boys High School who were representing Nyanza region.

Ofafa Jericho rugby team sets target for National school games

Nairobi region champions Ofafa Jericho were head and shoulders above their opponents in Pool A as they again beat Upper Hill School 5-0 after the two institutions met in the Nairobi region final that ended in a narrow 7-5 victory.

Koyonzo who were representing Western region had burly players provided a physical mismatch against all their opponents as they bulldozed through defense lines with their sheer strength to record emphatic victories over Kangaru, Ngong and All Saints.

KSSSA National 7s line up confirmed

Traditional sevens giants Kangaru School and St Mary's Yala were the biggest surprise in this year's edition of the national school games with former being hammered in all their Pool games while Saints only managed a single win against punching bags Mazeras.

Alliance High School also registered mixed results in the games losing out to Kabianga and Nanyuki High School before picking up their only win of the day against Shimba Hills High School.

Full Day 1 results

Ofafa 22-7 Menengai

Magumu 7-21 Upper Hill

Nanyuki 14-7 Shimba

Alliance 7-12 Kabianga

Koyonzo 45-0 Kangaru

All Saints 12-5 Ngong

Butula 19-12 Nduru

Yala 35-0 Mazeras

Ofafa 5-0 Upper Hill

Magumu 0-26 Menengai

Nanyuki 17-5 Kabianga

Alliance 29-5 Shimba

Koyonzo 22-12 Ngong

All Saints 35-0 Kangaru

Butula 35-5 Mazeras

Yala 12-22 Nduru

Menengai 12-14 Upper Hill

Shimba 12-0 Kabianga

Kangaru 7-33 Ngong

Nduru 54-0 Mazeras

Ofafa 43-0 Magumu

Nanyuki 19-5 Alliance

Koyonzo 26-0 All Saints

Butula 34-7 Yala