Rugby Cranes 7s Team eyes CWG Berth

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in Rugby January 31, 2022

The Rugby Cranes 7s team is looking to qualify for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games starting July 28 to August 8th.

However, in order for them to qualify for them, they have to finish the Africa Cup in the top two positions.

Kampala will host a number of countries April 23 to 24 in the Rugby Africa 7s Championship. They include Kenya, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Madagascar, Ghana, Morocco, Namibia, Tunisia, and Zimbabwe.

Kenya has got a direct qualification, but the other best two teams in the tournament will qualify for the games. Team manager Michael Wandera is optimistic that his charges can make it to the games for the 54 countries that were former territories of the British Empire.

‘’I know there are stubborn countries including Tunisia, Madagascar, Zambia, Zimbabwe. However, we are focused on making it to the Games in England,’’ Wandera said.

The Rugby Cranes represented Uganda in the Melbourne 2006 games, 2010 in New Delhi. They did the same in 2014 in Glasgow, and 2018 in Gold Coast Austria.

In similar news earlier reported by NEWSLEXPOINT.com, after a two-year hiatus, the Guinness 7s Series was set to return at Legends Rugby Grounds Lugogo on 2nd October 2021. They last held the series in 2019 and it got skipped last year, owing to the Covid-19 lockdown

In 2021, Uganda Breweries Limited, under the brand Guinness injected Shs 250m in the series. The official press conference happened on 30th September 2021 at Legends grounds in Lugogo, Kampala.

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