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David GOMBE
The Uganda Woman Rugby Cranes staff for the Rugby Africa Girls’s Cup has been flagged off for the event slated for Might twenty third to thirty first on the RFUEA Grounds in Nairobi, Kenya.
The squad has 28 gamers for the championship that may see Uganda battle with hosts Kenya, South Africa, and Madagascar.
Assistant Deputy Normal Secretary at Nationwide Council of Sports activities, Joseph Oluga flagged off the staff at Copper Chimney in Lugogo.
For starters, the Rugby Africa Girls’s Cup is the premier girls’s 15s rugby competitors on the continent.
The occasion can even function a part of the qualification pathway for subsequent yr’s Girls’s Rugby World Cup qualifiers.
Final yr, Uganda completed third within the earlier version that was staged in South Africa.
Madagascar gained the title after overcoming South Africa 61-17 within the ultimate.
Uganda’s solely victory on the event in South Africa was in opposition to eventual champions Madagascar, with the Woman Cranes triumphing 24-20.
Rugby Africa Girls’s Cup Fixtures:
Saturday, 23 Might
•South Africa v Madagascar
•Kenya Lionesses vs Uganda Woman Cranes
Wednesday, 27 Might
•South Africa v Uganda
•Kenya Lionesses vs Madagascar
Sunday, 31 Might
•Uganda vs Madagascar
•South Africa v Kenya
Woman Cranes XVs Squad for the Rugby Africa Girls’s Cup
ASABA AWEBWA EVELYN BETH
NAKALE JANIPHER
NAKALEMBE PHOEBE
KOKOI CHRISTINE
MBABAZI DOREEN
SIJALI DOREEN (VC)
NAJJUMA YVONNE
NANTONGO PHIONA
NAMUKWAYA FAZIRA
ACEN LEONA
MUKYALA PROSCOVIA
ACANIT HELLEN
NEMIRA PEACE
ADONG SUSAN
KIRABO CABRINE
NANYONJO ANGELLA (C)
BABIRYE GORRET
