Rugby

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 ...

About a year ago, Makerere Impis had struggled to win games and Emmanuel Katuntu, the then coach of the team couldn’t even say why. However, a year later, Impis has made a very big change. They reached one Sevens final and two semifinals. In addition to that, they were able to retain their Uganda Cup Shield and are currently unbeaten ...

Over the past three years, Uganda’s Rugby World Cup Sevens men’s squad has not, and does not, change much. Tolbert Onyango, the head coach, has maintained his squad from as far back as 2015 and has turned them into championship-winning men. The real core of the roster has not changed despite a few new faces joining and leaving the squad. ...