Kabras close in on KCB after thrashing Homeboyz in Kakamega
Kenya Cup defending champions, Kabras Sugar beat Homeboyz RFC 57-0 in one of the two rescheduled league fixtures at the Kakamega grounds on Saturday.
The win saw Kabras secure a bonus point and closed the gap on league leaders KCB RFC to a point with only three games left in the playoffs.
Kenyan international Eugene Sifuna and Fijian-born Jonah Kubu were on target for the Sugar men with Brian Juma, David Bunduki, Walter Okoth, and flanker George Nyambua managing a try apiece.
South African Ntabeni Dukisa made no mistakes with the conversions as Kubu added two more to his name to finish the successful evening in style.
With three games left to the playoffs, Kabras Sugar climbed one place to second in the league with 34 points, one behind leaders KCB RFC.
In the other rescheduled fixture, Kenyatta University Blak Blad was awarded a walkover of 28-0 after their opponents Strathmore Leos failed to show up at the Kenyatta University grounds.
Bonus point
The bonus point walkover now sees Blak Blad climb two places to fifth place with 18 points as Homeboyz and Mwamba dropped to sixth and seventh with 14 points each.
In the Women’s Kenya Cup, defending champions Mwamba Rugby were edged 28-17 by hosts Impala ladies’ rugby in a fixture staged at the Impala Sports Club ground.
Meanwhile, Fraser Brown gave Gregor Townsend a Six Nations nudge putting Glasgow Warriors on track for a comfortable win against Dragons in Newport.
The Scotland hooker scored two near identical tries in the first half following Cole Forbes’ early score.
Duncan Weir also crossed in a 15-point haul before Stafford McDowell and Sebastian Cancelliere followed.
Chris Coleman grabbed a late Dragons bonus after tries from Rhodri Williams, Sio Tomkinson and Taine Basham. The result saw Glasgow retain fifth place in the United Rugby Championship, just a point off the Bulls while Dragons stay in touch of the Scarlets in 15th.
And it gave both coaches plenty to think about before they meet again the last 16 of the European Challenge Cup on 1 April.
Glasgow arrived at Rodney Parade unbeaten in their last eight games and boosted by the contrasting approach of Gregor Townsend and Warren Gatland to their national squads.
Wales head coach Gatland kept all 37 squad members in camp ahead of facing Ireland next week.
Perhaps the likes of Dragons prop Leon Brown could have benefitted from game-time for Dragons after being so long out injured?
Townsend released six players back to Glasgow, including scrum-half Ali Price who played 46 minutes, and they looked a class apart with two tries inside just eight minutes.
Centres Stafford McDowall and Sam Johnson combined to hand wing Forbes an easy finish with their first attack.
And when Glasgow’s driving line-out was almost waved through, veteran hooker Brown had the simple task of touching down.
It looked ominous for the hosts, who were without a league win in their last six and with a new-look backline guilty of over-complicating matters.
While Dragons had no answer to the visitors’ line-out their scrum was solid as Rhodri Jones and Lloyd Fairbrother enjoyed their tussle against an all-international front-row.
Captain Williams followed Sean Lonsdale’s half-break to dive over from close range and when Tomkinson picked off McDowell from 60 metres out, Dragons were back level.
