Kenya Morans will now turn their attention to the Safari Sevens in October after an under-whelming performance at the Africa Cup Sevens in Mauritius over the weekend.
Kenya will be represented by Shujaa, Morans and winners of the National Sevens Circuit which kicks off later this month.
For the second consecutive weekend, the Morans finished a disappointing sixth in the Indian Ocean Island with inconsistent performances across all matches.
Assistant coach Louis Kisia believes there is adequate time to correct the glaring weaknesses in the past fortnight in the Indian Ocean Island. “We have enough time to sort out those areas and I believe the boys will get better.”
Kisia’s charges lost 21-12 to Burkina Faso in an error-strewn performance during their fifth-place play-off.
Uganda bagged the overall title after beating South Africa 20-17. They subsequently earned their ticket to the 205 Challenger Seven Series alongside Madagascar.
Kisia said they need to go back to the drawing board and execute better in attack and defence as well as decision-making. “It’s a wake-up for us and I believe the boys will come good with more tournaments they play. I am not worried. If given the right environment, the boys will perform,” said Kisia.
Co-captain Brian Mutua called for an extended training period in order to maximise the talent in the team.
“If we can have a couple of training camps to work on our weak areas, I don’t see why we can't beat the so-called big teams. The gap between us and the like of Zimbabwe and Uganda is very small,” noted Mutua.
Victor Mola and Dennis Abukuse scored Morans tries against the West Africans and trailed 12-5 at the interval before lapses in concentration saw Burkina Faso run out comfortable winners at the end.
The Morans had lost to Zimbabwe 10-7 in the main cup quarters with the winners scoring a try at full time to send Kenya crashing out.
In the pool stages, Kenya beat Zambia 26-7 and Algeria 47-0 and lost 24-19 loss to Madagascar in sudden death to finish second in their pool.
