Patrick Odongo’s sudden death try hands Kenya 7s place in Olympics Rugby 7s 9th place-playoffs

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Kenya 7s, known as Shujaa, will face Samoa once again in the Paris Olympics Rugby 7s games on Saturday at 6:00 pm after securing a place in the ninth-place playoffs.

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Shujaa needed an extra-time try to overcome a resilient Uruguay side with a 19-14 victory in a closely contested semifinal in Paris.

Kenya 7s determination

After missing the quarterfinals and being out of gold contention, Shujaa was determined to secure their first win in the competition. Uruguay adopted a tactic similar to Samoa’s to deny Shujaa possession, with Juan Manuel Tafernaberry scoring the first try, which was converted for a 7-0 lead.

 

Uruguay held on to this slim lead at h

alftime. However, Shujaa came back stronger in the second half, with John Okoth racing clear to score in the left corner. The scores were tied at 7-7 after Tony Omondi converted from a tight angle.

Kenya took the lead for the first time in the match when Samuel Asati’s quick tap off a penalty allowed him to dive over the line under the posts, giving Kenya a 14-7 lead after another successful conversion by Tony Omondi.

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Shujaa thought they would hold on to this slim lead, but their plan was disrupted when Okoth was yellow-carded in the dying minutes of the clash. Baltazar Amaya scored the try off the resultant scrum, and Guillermo Lijtenstein converted to send the game to extra time.

In the tightly contested first half of extra time, Patrick Odongo scored the winning try to send Kenya to the ninth-place playoffs.

The Olympics Rugby games will take a break on Friday to pave the way for the opening ceremony.

 

OLYMPICS RUGBY 7S ORDER OF PLAY

Times in EAT

1. Australia 21-14 Samoa 1630 hrs
2. Kenya 12-31 Argentina 1700 hrs
3. France 12-12 USA 1730 hrs
4. Fiji 40-12 Uruguay 1800 hrs
5. Ireland 10-7 South Africa 1830 hrs
6. New Zealand 40-12 Japan 1900 hrs
7. Australia 21-7 Kenya 2000 hrs
8. Argentina 28-12 Samoa 2030 hrs
9. France 19-12 Uruguay 2100 hrs
10. Fiji 38-12 USA 2130 hrs
11. Ireland 40-5Japan 2200 hrs
12. New Zealand 17-5 South Africa 2230 hrs

25th July

1. Samoa 26-0 Kenya 1500 hrs
2. Argentina 14-22  Australia 1530 hrs
3. USA 33-17 Uruguay 1600 hrs
4. Fiji 19-12 France 1630 hrs
5. South Africa 49-5 Japan 1700 hrs
6. New Zealand 14-12 Ireland 1730 hrs

 

Knockout stages

9th place semis

1. Samoa 42-7 Japan 2100 hrs
2. Uruguay 14-19 Kenya 7s 2130 hrs

Medal quarter-finals

1. Q1.  New Zealand vs South Africa 2200hrs
2. Q2.  Argentina vs France 2230 hrs
3. Q3.  Fiji vs Ireland 2300hrs
4. Q4.  Australia vs USA 2330 hrs

 27th July

5th place Semifinals

1. Looser match 21 vs looser match 22 1530 hrs
2. Looser match 23 vs Looser match 24 1600 hrs

Medal Semi finals

1. Winner match 21 vs Winner match 22 1630 hrs
2. Winner match 23 vs Winner match 24 1700 hrs

11th place playoffs

1. Looser match 19 vs looser match 20 1730 hrs

9th place playoffs

1. Uruguay vs Kenya 7s 20 1800 hrs

7th place playoffs

1. Looser match 25 vs Looser match 26 1900 hrs

5th place playoffs

1. Winner match 25 vs Winner match 26 1930 hrs

Bronze finals

1. Looser match 27 vs Looser match 28 2000 hrs

Gold Finals

1. Winner match 27 vs Winner match 28 2045 hrs