Homeboyz end KCB's unbeaten run in Kenya Cup

What you need to know:

  • Homeboyz defeated Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) 33-24 end the bankers’ unbeaten run in Kenya Cup rugby league on Saturday. It was the Deejays first win at KCB Ruaraka Sports Club.

  • The defeat saw KCB’s lead reduced to one point after Kenya Harlequin recovered from last weekend’s loss to Mwamba to beat visiting Nakuru 33-14 at the RFUEA grounds.

  • KCB got a bonus point from Homeboyz’s defeat that soiled their clean sheet in 11 outings to bring their tally to 51 points draw from 10 wins, a loss and a draw.

Homeboyz defeated Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) 33-24 end the bankers’ unbeaten run in Kenya Cup rugby league on Saturday. It was the Deejays first win at KCB Ruaraka Sports Club.

The defeat saw KCB’s lead reduced to one point after Kenya Harlequin recovered from last weekend’s loss to Mwamba to beat visiting Nakuru 33-14 at the RFUEA grounds.

KCB got a bonus point from Homeboyz’s defeat that soiled their clean sheet in 11 outings to bring their tally to 51 points draw from 10 wins, a loss and a draw.

Homeboyz led 21-19 at the break and went on to see out the win solidifying fourth place in the log to 42 points, three adrift of champions Kabras Sugar, who condemned Strathmore to their sixth consecutive defeat 35-17 in Kakamega.

Elisha Okello, Keith Wasike, Collins Shikoli, Oscar Ayodi and Augustine Lugonzo scored a try each as Kelvin Masai converted four of them as the bankers danced to the Deejays’ tunes.

Darwin Mukidza scored a brace of tries while James Kilonzo managed one try for KCB. Mukidza converted two of them for KCB’s first half score. Peter Kilonzo added only one try for the bankers in the second half but it was not enough to prevent the defeat.

Mwamba failed to uphold the spark from last weekend’s 15-7 win against Quins when their player Marcus Mureiithi dropped the ball with the tryline in sight to squander an equalizing opportunity.

That saw Mwamba lose 33-40 to Impala.

Impala led 33-7 before they incurred three successive yellow cards to see Mwamba reduce the deficit at 33-35.