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Zimbabwe claimed revenge over hosts Kenya when they beat them 26-21 to complete
their home and away sweep of the Victoria Cup at the the Nyayo National Stadium
Saturday.The Sables didnt display a great game but took advantage of Kenyas
sloppy defending and unnecessary knock-ons to score three easy tries, three
penalties and a conversions
Gardner Nechironga capitalised Kenyas lack of cordination in the
mid-field to score a brace of tries with outside centre Lloyd
Machanjare, adding one as fly-half Tichafara Makwanya converted one
to lead 17-10 at intervals. Makwanya would finish it off with the
icing on the cake with three penalty convertions in the second half.
Kenya scored one try in each half through eighthman Lawrence Buyachi
and Vincent Ongera respectively. Peter Claver-Abuoga managed one
convertion and three penaltie
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Nonetheless, it was an improvement from thier 24-42 defeat in Harare. The two
easy tries by Nechironga caused our stability after starting off well.
Our defensive could have lapsed a bit with the centres and the full back not
cordinating well, our general defense was fine,” said Kenya coach Michael Tank Otieno. Its just that they didnt manage the high balls well with some three
knock-ons for turnovers spoiling the party.
Elsewhere, the Wallabies rebounded from their shock loss to Samoa to
spectacularly launch their Tri-Nations campaign with a 39-20 win over South
Africa in Sydney Saturday.
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Zimbabwe
beat Kenya to claim Victoria cup