The Kenya Sevens Morans squad heading to Mauritius for the 2024 Rugby Africa 7s has been announced by coach Louis Kisia. The team sees the return of Denis Abukuse, William Mwanji and Festus Shiasi, all of whom last featured for the National team in the first match of the Challenger Series in Dubai. They have a Pool A title where they will meet Madagascar, Nigeria and Mauritius.
“We’ve had quite a bit of preparation in Kasarani ahead of the Africa 7s this weekend, thanks to KRU and NOCK for securing Morans training with the Shujaa team. We have had HP sessions led by Kenya Sevens Coach SnC Andrew Amonde which has been a huge help in our preparation for this tournament. We have received information from the coach about our preparation and I believe the team is ready to roar in Mauritius.” Louis Kisia said.
In the traveling squad, Louis stated that most of the members are returning players from previous tournaments, Joel Inzuga has represented Morans in the past, Harmony Wamalwa was part of the bigger squad, Brian Mutua, Ben Salem, Denis Abukuse, Elvis Olukusi, Festus Shiasi, William Mwanji, Richard Liva and Gabriel Ayimba have all trained with Shujaa during the HSBC Challenger Series season. Edmund Anya returns from last season and his experience will be key to our set up,” added Louis.
The only new inclusion in the sevens is Victor “Mola” Odhiambo who has been on the Kenya 7s Management radar. He had been called up to the squad but an injury cost him the opportunity to play for the Kenya 7s, however, Mola is now back in the squad and the squad is looking forward to seeing him proudly wear the Kenyan colors for the Morans.
“Our goal in Mauritius is the gold medal. We want to repeat our performance during the 2023 Rugby Africa 7s tournament. The team knows our goal and is ready to conquer Africa for the second year in a row.” Louis concluded.
The tournament will be played over two weekends, 29/30 June and 6/7 July 2024.
The matches will follow in the next announcement.
The Morans team in Mauritius:
1. Brian Mutua (CC). 2. Ben Salem (CC). 3. William Mwanji. 4. Dennis Abukuse. 5. Elvis Olukushi. 6. Richard Liva. 7. Gabriel Ayimba. 8. Harmony Wamalwa. 9. Fistos Siasi. 10. Joel Inzuga. 11. Victor Odhiambo.* 12. Edmund Anya.
Coach: Louis Kisia Team ManagerM: Morgan Ngumbi Nature: John Elly
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