NAMIBIA comfortably beat Kenya 56-21 after an unrelenting first half assault in their CAR Africa Cup match in Windhoek on Saturday afternoon.
In a dominant first half display,
Namibia ran in six converted tries
to take a 42-7 halftime lead and
although Kenya provided stiffer
opposition in the second half, the
outcome was never in doubt.
Namibia's forwards laid the platform
for victory with a huge physical
performance, while fly half Theuns
Kotze gave a faultless kicking
display on his 29th birthday,
converting all eight tries for a
personal tally of 16 points.
Man of the match Tinus du Plessis
led the way with two tries, while
captain Tjiuee Uanivi, Chrysander
Botha, Rohan Kitshoff, Gino Wilson,
Russell van Wyk and Johan Deysel
scored one try each.
For Kenya, James Kangethe scored two
tries and Isaac Adimo one, while
Darwin Mukidzwa, Dan Sikuta and
Fabian Olanda each added a
conversion.
The match had barely begun before
Kenya lock Simon Muniafo was sin
binned for foul play, and Namibia
immediately took advantage as
captain Tjiuee Uanivi rounded off a
forward maul for the opening try
after only three minutes.
Full back Chrysander Botha went over
three minutes later and with
Namibia's forwards battering away at
Kenya's defence, further tries by
Rohan Kitshoff and right wing Gino
Wilson saw them racing into a 28-0
lead after only 18 minutes.
Namibia kept up their relentless
pressure and eighthman Tinus du
Plessis crashed over for two more
tries in quick succession to put the
home side 42-0 ahead after only 28
minutes, to effectively end the
contest.
Kenya finally opened their account
on 32 minutes when fly half Isaac
Adimo, danced through some half
hearted tackles to score, with wing
Darwin Mukidza adding the
conversion, to make the halftime
score 42-7.
Right wing Russell van Wyk scored
six minutes into the second half
after a fine break by centre Johan
Deysel, while Deysel himself dotted
down after being put clear down the
right wing to put Namibia 56-7 ahead
after 58 minutes.
The game became a bit scrappy while
numerous substitutions also slowed
the tempo down, but Kenya finished
stronger, scoring two tries in the
final quarter.
Substitute forward James Kangethe
scored both after Kenya battered
away at Namibia's defence, with
Fabian Olando converting one and Dan
Sikuta the other.
Courtesy of the Namibian