McGrath expects tough outing in the Sevens World Cup
Kenya rugby sevens head coach Damian McGrath believes
it will be an intense outing in Cape Town, South Africa during the Sevens World
Cup this weekend.
McGrath led Shujaa to a sixth finish in the last round of the
HSBC World Sevens Series and he is confident of magnificent performance in the
pre-round of 16.
"It'll be intense since it's a knockout tournament which
bring a lot of pressure with the teams out of top 16 going there to try and
make reputations to themselves teams like Germany, Tonga and Uganda," said
McGrath.
"And there are teams such like ourselves who are pushing to
make it to top eight and there are teams that are in top eight who want to
retain their position so it will be tough out there," added McGrath.
Collins Injera and Herman Humwa return to the squad with the
unavailability of Bush Mwale and Daniael Taabu through disciplinary issues
while Alvin 'Buffa' Atieno misses to pursue an overseas move.
McGrath said Injera who's Kenya's top try scorer in the HSBC
series brings in experience and leadership.
"Collins Injera coming back to us brings two things the
experience and leadership but also his adaptability he can play across a number
of positions and he has performed so very well.
"Many would say it's a gamble for us but he is very
important in and off the field and being a knockout stage we cannot avoid to gamble
being the Sevens World Cup," noted the coach.
Kenya opens the 24-team competition against Tonga on Friday at 11:23 am (EAT) and the winner of the clash will face Argentina in the round of 16 at 5:23 pm the same day.
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