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Kenya beat Zambia to keep Victoria Cup hopes alive at the RFUEA Grounds

The hosts outscored the visitors by four tries to one in entertaining match.

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by william njuguna

Rugby24 August 2019 - 19:59
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• Isaac Njoroge opened the scoring with a penalty before skipper Curtis Lilako barged over the Whitewash with Njoroge adding the conversion for a 10-0 lead.

Kenya beats Zambia to keep Victoria Cup hopes alive at the RFUEA Grounds.

Kenya beat Zambia 31-16 at the Rfuea ground to keep their Victoria Cup hopes alive.

The hosts outscored the visitors by four tries to one in entertaining match.

Isaac Njoroge opened the scoring with a penalty before skipper Curtis Lilako barged over the Whitewash with Njoroge adding the conversion for a 10-0 lead.

Laston Mukasa slotted home a penalty for the visitors to narrow the gap to 10-3.

Elkeans Musonye touched down For Kenya midway through the half. Mukasa drilled home a penalty for Zambia to narrow the deficit to 15-6.

Edward Mumba touched down for Zambia and Mukasa converted to reduce the deficit to 15-13.

Njoroge added a penalty on the stroke of halftime as Kenya led 18-13. Second half tries by Oscar Simiyu and Brian Amaitsa sealed the win for the hosts


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