Rugby

The World Rugby has adjusted and relaxed the requirements for nations in the Sevens Challenger to gain core status for the SVNS Series. In 2024, just making the top four will be enough to join the big boys and girls. Uganda Women, on the first attempt during the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 in Dubai, achieved that milestone. Now, ...

Desire Ayera has made a spirited recovery from a shoulder injury to earn a spot on Uganda Men’s squad for the HSBC World Rugby 7s Challenger 2024 opener in Dubai. He sustained the injury during the Stone City 7s in July 2023. He was out of contention for the Africa 7s and Safari 7s at the tail end of 2023. ...

Rugby is among the most popular sports played in almost every nation worldwide. There are many reasons why many love rugby. The rugby community is open and friendly. Rugby teams have the closest ties among other sport clubs.  Moreover, for many successful players, the sport also allowed them to feed their competitive streak. They have turned rugby into a career ...

The Pirates have maintained their position in third place with 47 points in the Uganda Rugby League. As they headed to the round, they were only a point away from Heathens placed second and two from log leaders, Kobs. At this particular time, the gap has stretched to two and three points from Heathens and Kobs respectively. Pirates went through ...

In 2021, the World Challenger Series broke the hearts of Uganda’s Rugby 7s when Germany came from behind to win in Chile. Uganda had led Germany the entire quarterfinal 14-0 but the Germans changed things up in a big way to take the W. At 14-0 and less than 3 minutes left in the game, many Ugandans thought the deal ...