Mwamba Bags the 2013 Enterprise Cup!!- The player?

Mwamba beat Nakuru RFC 15-10 to scoop the alluring 2013 enterprise cup. The sports reporters must have already told you how Dennis Ombachi grabbed a lose ball to seal the victory despite Nakuru having been awarded a penalty try earlier in the game. Next time come watch for your self, pun intended.

The win splits open the kingship of rugby with the demise of Quins who bullied opponents across the rugby circles for a short-lived span. However the 15s supremacy this season is still yet to be claimed and we hope the Kenya cup Champions and the Enterprise champions will be given a chance in the supremacy tug.

Notable though, Buyachi, Omiyo, Calvin Otieno and some players that were key for Nakuru in the Kenya Cup final were missing in the final played at KRFU yesterday. On the contrary Mwamba were blazing guns with a full squad probably spirited by the impressive former captain Humphrey Khayange’s presence.

It was an unfamiliar celebration to the multiple local 7s circuit champions to shelve 15s silverware. Okombe often gets translated to some ‘hard’ stuff and nocturnal activities.

Mwamba Stalwart Tito Oduk celebrating a former win.

15s Rugby Trend

The win opens the 15s game in Kenya with freshness from the heavy slow forward game that domi nated the game. Teams like Strathmore who play almost similar to the finalists must be motivated by these developments. Hitherto the game was ruled by bully Quins, Kcb, Nondies and other heavy forwards but indeed the dynamism is settling in Kenyan Rugby. Gone are the days 15s Rugby was a domain of the old heavy boy’s slow ball.

Most impressive was the turn out of fun loving and target of sales by the commercialising Kenyans in rugby. Ladies you make men swing wallets for the love of rugby keep it up, we appreciate the energy u bring without which the fans turn out will be miserable. However, seek medical advice before dressing scantly in this rainy weather. *ducks stones*.

The Player?

the player doing his thing.

The big question that I will not duck from though is how the hard fought win reflects in the life of a player? Many hours are put to hard toil and work to get a deserved victory. I am not addressing the Union but you, comrades, who have played this game and understand the systems. You now come to watch with the comfort of a beer and a belly probably.

Once or twice these players lack resources to sustain their productivity in the game just as you hustled to make it for training. What have you done for rugby? CRY FOR THE PLAYER!!!! HELP!!

Hail @tonyango and crew’s effort that raised ‘prize shillings’ during the Kenya Cup Final. God Bless your efforts. If all of us in our capacities did something small we will be a very progressive rugby country. “….it is what you can do for your game” JF Kennedy’s pass.

The writer is a Son of a Banana Farmer @hesmatt