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Rugby-Shujaa
Obi 1 Kanobi
#131 Posted : Sunday, May 31, 2009 11:52:00 AM
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The glaring difference btn kenya players and all others in the series is just how skinny and weak our boys look.

Any team that brings physicality at the tackled ball area tends to beat us


I guess if you can't win with facts,you can always pen bile-laced,xenophobic rants to distract everyone.
"The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline." James Collins
Gordon Gekko
#132 Posted : Sunday, May 31, 2009 12:12:00 PM
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@obi,the size department is one area Kenya has really worked on. If you remember the stars of the previous era - Jacko Omaido,Beth Omolo,Tom Oketch,they can't match our boys' size today (Paul Murunga is a wing! In those days he would have been prop material). We are also a lot more physical as weight training is an intergral part of the modern game program.
We have come a long way but my fear now is there is no next generation - these should be the current 1st/2nd years in campus - none has burst into the international scene. These are the guys who should be sitting on the side lines as shujaa play and will take over in another 3-4 years when akina Khayange retire,just like akina Khayange took over from Benja and Oscar Osir.
Anyway,great job Kenya,at least we will see you at the Safari Sevens!
Hip
#133 Posted : Sunday, May 31, 2009 1:45:00 PM
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@ Gordon & Obi. Good insight.

I think Kenya also needs to have a greater emphasis of development of rugby in the country. Kenya should learn from SA- they now hold the 15s and 7s aside trophies. This is a huge statement by SA in terms of rugby dominance. They say that success breeds success,so we can imagine how much rugby is being played today around SA.

Damu Pevu. Impala Floodlight,Safari Sevens all the tournaments that have been running in the past should be seen as stages for recognizing talent. In fact,I think its time to encourage wider participation in the rugby league in Kenya. Find ways of bringing in 4 or 5 more teams into the league. Corporate sponsorship is also key- EABL and Bamburi have had great success in the tournaments they support.

The sevens team has done us a lot of proud and we need to build from this,because,for sure,we CAN!


You can never fail if you never give up
Obi 1 Kanobi
#134 Posted : Monday, June 01, 2009 8:26:00 AM
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Talent has never been a problem for Rugby,I played high school rugby and I can assure you there is talent to burn at that level.

The problem is that after high school,unless one lives in Nairobi,all that talent goes to waste. The nyanza and western schools have some seriously athletic young men but have no access to after school rugby.

The good thing with Rugby is that its very well organised,the bosses are fairly sensible and were the game to attract a wider following,kenya could improve its stock.



I guess if you can't win with facts,you can always pen bile-laced,xenophobic rants to distract everyone.
"The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline." James Collins
Ric dees
#135 Posted : Monday, June 01, 2009 9:42:00 AM
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Congratulations Benja and the boys awesome stuff...

Rugby has developed in leaps and bounds since having played in the under 23 sqaud when i finished high school..and i get nolstagic to see my former captains in Impala Benja and Oscar do us proud. First and foremost the govt needs to develop and financially support the game in the country as it is no longer and elite game as it was touted back then..

Our coaches need to attend the Rugby seminar courses held all the time in SA and develop their technical aspect of the game that was soley missed in the game against Wales and Last weekends game against Fiji. We kept on being sucked to the ball and Fiji kept on having an automatic 2 man overlap and they are a very fit side and we just could not cope. Wales broke us with their physical aspect and never allowed us to run the ball as that is our greatest strength and whenever they got the ball they kept on racking and this weared us down slowly and it was the same technic used last weekend just that time was on our side.

Nevertheless Kudos to our boys surely made us proud esp the win against England was in Edinburgh with my English colleagues and it was unbelievable.they too sat in the Kenyan stands...am still rubbing it in the office i have the official bragging rights now..



Heart is what separates the good from the great - Micheal Jordan.

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.
Magigi
#136 Posted : Monday, June 01, 2009 11:18:00 AM
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...Kudos Rao. At least you recognised our boys and their sterling performance in your madaraka day speechfor the season just ended...
Alchemist
#137 Posted : Monday, June 01, 2009 2:14:00 PM
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I think the RFU should seriously consider starting a Western - Nyanza rugby league to develop the players from Maseno,St Mary's Yala,Kakamega High,Musingu etc . For rugby lovers in Kenya,can some one approach the RFU with this idea? I sense a lot of interest from sponsors to get into rugby now that the sevens team is performing very well.
Magigi
#138 Posted : Friday, December 04, 2009 8:12:02 AM
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...The great season is here ounce more. Don't I love this game.............................
McReggae
#139 Posted : Friday, December 04, 2009 10:55:02 AM
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We just hammered Russia!!!!
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
DonBen
#140 Posted : Friday, December 04, 2009 11:24:28 AM
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McReggae wrote:
We just hammered Russia!!!!


USA was a close shave! But the boys showed some resilience in the 2nd half. Final score

KENYA 31 - 26 UNITED STATES

Next game (the big one!):

ENGLAND vs KENYA at 17h52 local Kenya time!

Bring it ON!
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