Kabras assistant coach Carlos Katywa has send a warm message to the national rugby team Kenya Simbas, ahead of the World Rugby Final Qualifying Tournament set for November 6 in Dubai.
Katywa, who together with head coach Jerome Muller led the sugar men to their second Kenya Cup trophy last season, said the Final Qualifying tournament poses a historic task for the Simbas who are chasing a maiden World Rugby appearance and insisted that they are behind the team.
Proud of the team
“I want to say good luck to the national team, and we are truly behind them. We wish them all the best and I hope they can make us proud as a country and take us to the World Cup. We are very proud of the whole team and the boys,” he said.
Former South African Rhodes Rugby coach also said the tournament poses a perfect opportunity for the players to display their talent and team spirit to the rugby world.
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“It’s also a good opportunity (for the players) to brand themselves and if they can make a name of themselves, they can actually go further not just in Kenya, but also get the opportunity to play overseas. Good luck to the team being led by one of our own (Dan) Sikuta the captain. We are strongly behind them.” He said.
2023 Final Qualifying Tournament
Four teams will participate in the 2023 Final Qualifying Tournament in a round-robin format. The teams are USA, Hong Kong, Portugal and Kenya.
Kenya begin their campaign against the USA on Sunday November 6, before facing Portugal six days later on November 12. They will face Hong Kong in the last round of the tournament on November 18.
USA is the highest-ranked team in the tournament, currently sitting 19th at the World Rugby standings. Simbas are the lowest-ranked team, sitting at position 33 in the World Rugby standings.
