Germany brought their Repechage story to a close with a dominant 43-6 win over Kenya in Marseille on Friday. Sebastian Ferreira led the way with a hat trick bringing consolation smiles to the face of the Schwarze Adler though secretly they will wonder what might have been with a 20-minute stretch against Canada their only letdown.
It was Kenya who opened the scoring through Samuel Oliech, the flyhalf sending over a penalty and the two sides were relatively even in the opening quarter. The strength of the German pack was simply too much for the Simbas, however, and eventually Sebastian Ferreira crashed over with the help of two teammates for the first try.
Oliech landed another three points just a couple minutes shy of the intermission to make it a one-point game. That gap wouldn’t hold to the break, however, as Kenyan discipline allowed Germany to win field possession and their driving maul did the rest, with Kurt Haupt the one to get the credit for the score.
There was no answer for the power of the Germans in the second half. Jaco Otto went over early taking the offload from Ferreira. Steffen Liebig grabbed a long-range finish and then Ferreira got his double from close range. The big flanker got his third as the clock wound down with one last blow from Harris Aounallah on fulltime.
The two sides will now become spectators as Canada play Hong Kong in the tournament finale. Germany will close in second place if the Canadians are successful, while Kenya are assured fourth with no wins from their three matches.
SCORING
KENYA 6
Pens – S. Oliech 2/3 (2′, 38′)
GERMANY 43
Tries – S. Ferreira 3 (21′, 58′,
69′), K. Haupt (40′), J. Otto
(45′), S. Liebig (50′), H.
Aounallah (79′)
Cons – R. Parkinson 3/5 (22′,
46′, 51′, 70′)
TEAMS
KENYA
1 Patrick Ouko (16 Ephraim Oduor
68′), 2 Philip Ikambili, 3
Joseph Odero (17 Moses Amusala
59′), 4 Wilson Kopondo (capt.),
5 Malcolm Onsando (18 Oliver
Mang’eni 47′), 6 George Nyambua,
7 Elkeans Musonye (19 Andrew
Amonde HT), 8 Josh Chisanga (20
Martin Owilah 14′-21′, 44′), 9
Samson Onsomu (21 Felix Ayange
54′), 10 Samuel Oliech (23
William Reeve 65′), 11 Willy
Ambaka, 12 Leo Seje, 13 Peter
Kilonzo (22 Collins Injera 54′),
14 Darwin Mukidza, 15 Tony
Onyango
GERMANY
1 Jörn Schröder (17 Julius
Nostadt 52′), 2 Kurt Haupt (16
Dasch Barber 60′), 3 Matthias
Schösser (18 Samy Füchsel 69′),
4 Michael Poppmeier (capt.) (22
Marcel Henn 59′), 5 Eric Marks
(19 Timo Vollenkemper 65′), 6
Sebastian Ferreira, 7 Jaco Otto,
8 Ayron Schramm (20 Jarrid Els
44′), 9 Sean Armstrong (21 Tim
Menzel 65′), 10 Raynor
Parkinson, 11 Marcel Coetzee, 12
Hagen Schulte (23 Harris
Aounallah 59′), 13 Wynston
Cameron-Dow, 14 Steffen Liebig,
15 Christopher Hilsenbeck
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Angus Gardner (ARU)
Assistants: George Clancy (IRFU)
& Sara Cox (RFU)
TMO: David Grashoff (RFU)