Tag Archives: rugby

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rugby coaches and fans in Jinja city are upbeat about the growth of the sport following the competitiveness of different rugby clubs there. Ronald Rubambura, the coach of Walukuba Barbarians told journalists shortly after their 43-11 loss to Jinja Hippos rugby club on Saturday that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda are Rugby 7s Africa champion after winning all their matches at Kyadondo ground today.  Uganda qualify for the 7s World Cup in Cape Town and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The top three teams qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens due September …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Rugby Cranes today stopped Ghana Eagles 53-12 in the group C opening match of the Rugby Africa Cup. Star performance by Adrian Kasito who scored 13 points earned him a man of the match award in the match that took place …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | A rugby player on Uganda’s national team has disappeared from his hotel in Monaco where the team was isolated after some members tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the repechage qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics. Uganda Rugby Union in a statement issued here on Saturday …

✳ England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 19 New Zealand 🇳🇿 7 Yokohama, Japan | AFP | Fly-half George Ford led the way as England ended New Zealand’s eight-year reign as champions with a superb 19-7 World Cup semi-final win in Yokohama on Saturday. Ford, restored at 10 by coach Eddie Jones, had to …

Yokohama, Japan | AFP |  An early Manu Tuilagi try helped England to a 10-0 lead at half-time against New Zealand in a breathless Rugby World Cup semi-final on Saturday. Tuilagi bundled his way through two All Black props to score under the posts with less than two minutes on …

Paris, France | AFP | As a member of the South Africa team that won the 1995 World Cup and was later immortalised in the Clint Eastwood film “Invictus”, Mark Andrews is already assured of a place in rugby history. “We were just out of isolation, Mandela was the new president, …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A delegation representing all the Ugandan rugby clubs led thousands who participated in ceremonies as Patrick “Papa” Mileke Aredo was laid to rest at Mikiya, West Budama on Wednesday. Mileke,58, was not only father to three players – Erasmus Aredo, Gabriel Aredo and Joseph …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced two rugby players to 15 years in prison for the gang rape of a female singer at a birthday party last year. The international rugby sevens players Frank Wanyama, 24, and Alex Olaba, 23, were earlier this month found …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Excitement will be mixed with concern when four of Europe’s leading rugby nations begin their World Cup warm-up programme this weekend. Ireland play Italy in Dublin on Saturday, with England facing Wales at Twickenham a day later. While some players can be reasonably certain of …