Kenya has secured her first International Rugby Board Sevens World Series points of the season by beating Tonga 19-0 to win the Bowl title at the New Zealand Sevens tournament in Wellington.
The national team overturned their poor show on the first day of the third leg of the IRB circuit series in New Zealand where they lost all their group matches to Samoa, Tonga and Australia, by giving a fantastic show on the final day, winning all their three matches in the Bowl competition to lift the trophy.
Having gone past Canada 19-14 in the quarterfinals and seeing off Scotland 15-12 in the semifinal, Kenya once again met group rivals Tonga in the Bowl final. Tonga had beaten Kenya
17-10 in the group stages, but the Benjamin Ayimba led squad was keen on revenge.
Captain Humphrey Kayange led by example opening the try scoring sheet for Kenya, sending the match into the break with a 7-0 lead.
Sensational Sydney Ashioya, who made a comeback to the team after missing the first two legs of the new season, set the Kenyan crowd in New Zealand into cheers successfully scoring the second try.
Kenya was not done yet as Collins Injera found the pacy Biko Adema on the sideline who then put the Bowl beyond Tonga’s reach with the third try.
Kenya now heads to Las Vegas for the fourth leg motivated with four points and captain Kayange believes the large crowd in USA may just be what Kenya needs to secure even better results.
Hosts New Zealand clinched the main title after beating England 29-14 in the final.
USA won the Shield title after securing a 19-12 victory over France, while Fiji settled for the Plate title after beating South Africa 26-12 in the final.
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