#Rugby Cranes

Rugby is a demanding sport. Take a look at the shorter version, Sevens, where a game lasts a mere 14 minutes but can drain a player's tank. "Surviving an entire sevens game takes special preparation. It can be a daunting task if you are not ready," Geoffrey Kimani, a strength and conditioning coach once told Daily Monitor while working with the…

This has been a bruising week for the national 15s rugby team - the Rugby Cranes. Hopes of making the 2023 Rugby World Cup were extinguished fast. A 42-7 loss to Kenya in last Saturday's Rugby Africa Cup left Uganda with some soul searching to do. Reduced to fighting for placement, a late show was enough to edge Senegal 30-29 on Wednesday to move…

Uganda open their World Cup campaign against HSBC World Series core side Samoa on Friday like it was four years ago when the Melrose Cup was hosted in San Francisco, USA. Samoa comfortably beat Uganda 45-7 to advance to the next stage. The Rugby Cranes Sevens head out to Cape Town, South Africa for the Rugby Sevens World Cup today hoping to scale…