Kenya Sevens on Friday registered mixed results at the HSBC SVNS Series promotion and relegation playoffs currently going on in Spain.
Commonly referred to as Shujaa, Kenya saw off Samoa 19-12 in their opening match before narrowly losing to hosts Spain 10-5 at Civitas Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid.
In the first match, Patrick Odongo scored two tries and made a last minute tackle while Vincent Onyala added another try to lead Kenya to victory ahead of Sunday’s winner takes it all finals.
However, against Spain, Shujaa were made to count their mistakes after losing 10-5 to hosts Spain.
Vincent Onyala scored Kenya’s only try against Spain.
The Kevin Wambua charges are currently playing for position in Group B which also has hosts Spain and Chile.
After the group matches, Kenya will then face off with an opponent from Group A in the winner takes it all finale on Sunday.
Group A has USA, Uruguay, Canada and Germany.
According to the schedules, the top ranked team in Group A will play the bottom ranked team in Group B while the second Ranked team in Group A face off against the third ranked team in Group B and vice versa.
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