Kenya Sevens Poor form in the IRB world series continued in their second match at the Cape Town Sevens after losing 38-7 to Fiji. Kenya’s loss to Fiji means that the team dropped to the Challenge Trophy again.
Fiji beat Kenya who had earlier lost to England 29-12, with six tries and four conversions against one converted try.
Alasio Naduva touched down a brace of tries as Meli Derenalagi and Kalione Nasoko managed one each to put the Fijians ahead 24-0 at the break.
Derenalagi completed his brace of tries as Sevuloni Mocenacagi completed their hunt against Kenya, who suffered turnovers with their every move, with a try for 38-0 lead.
Shujaa finally got to the score sheet when Derenalagi was shown a yellow card for a deliberate knock on as Vincent Onyala scored from the resultant penalty. Skipper Eden Agero converted but all was in vain..
Kenya and Fiji were in the same pool in Dubai and the Fijians cruised to a 43-12 win. Shujaa’s last game of the day will be against France (6.41pm), another side they faced in the preliminary stage in Dubai, going down 21-19.
The poor showing in Dubai was Kenya Sevens’ worst ever performance since the Paris 7s leg of the 2016/2017 World Rugby Sevens Series, where they collected one point after losing in the semi-final for 13th place.
This was the first time Shujaa failed to win a match in the pool stage since the 2014/2015 season at the Dubai, South Africa and Hong Kong Sevens.
It was also the first time Kenya failed to win a match in the Series since the London Sevens leg of the 2011/2012 season.