国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Kenya 15s rugby aim top two spot facing Tunisia in Africa Gold Cup

Source: Xinhua| 2018-08-06 19:26:55|Editor: mym
Video PlayerClose

NAIROBI, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's 15s team will secure a top-two finish should they beat Tunisia here on Saturday in their penultimate Rugby Africa Gold Cup fixture.

The team, which is aiming to make its first ever appearance at the 2019 World Cup in Japan, has some injuries but head coach Ian Snook is hopeful they will overcome them and win against the North African side. Captain Wilson K'Opondo has been ruled out of the game.

"My injuries have taken a long time to heal but I remain positive and optimistic (that) I will be back on the playing field sooner than expected," K'Opondo said on Monday. Snook has since called in back rower Davis Chenge to lead the team.

"I'm very happy with their performance. (The team) has a lot of resilience, discipline and character and that's the kind of optimism we want marching forward, and hopefully the team shall maintain that consistency against Tunisia," the coach said. Kenya will wind up the Gold Cup against Namibia on Aug. 11 in Windhoek.

Namibia won their game last week against Zimbabwe to see their points tally rise to 20 while the Uganda Cranes beat Tunisia 67-12 for their first win this year. Uganda's next game will be against Morocco in Kampala on Saturday while Tunisia travels to Kenya. The Kenyan side is currently second on the log with 12 points.

This year's Rugby Africa Gold Cup serves as the African qualifying round for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

The winners will earn direct qualification with the runners-up proceeding to a global repechage tournament in Marseille, France in November. The repechage tournament includes teams from Asia, the Americas and Europe.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001373716841
主站蜘蛛池模板: 文安县| 蕉岭县| 贵定县| 内江市| 永善县| 阳朔县| 策勒县| 喀什市| 镇平县| 寿阳县| 遵义市| 湘乡市| 奎屯市| 安丘市| 延边| 塔河县| 乐至县| 海晏县| 桐乡市| 昭平县| 北京市| 嵊泗县| 开封市| 莱芜市| 湖南省| 乐安县| 浦江县| 永泰县| 丹东市| 海盐县| 通江县| 廊坊市| 西贡区| 揭阳市| 瑞金市| 二连浩特市| 赤壁市| 泰宁县| 德安县| 会宁县| 新邵县|