Kenya Sevens outlast Samoa to storm Singapore Cup quarters
What you need to know:
- The win put Kenya on course to defending the Singapore title they won last season.
- Kenya will have to wait for the result of the match pitting Argentina and Australia to know if they have advanced to the last eight of the competition.
Skipper Andrew Amonde led a spirited fightback by Kenya Sevens to edge out Samoa 17-7 in their last pool match of the Singapore Sevens on Saturday.
The win put Kenya on course to defending the Singapore title they won last season.
Gordon Langkilde put Samoa ahead with a converted try before Amonde weaved through the Pacific Islanders defence to draw Innocent Simuyu's charges level at the stroke of half-time.
Second half tries by Billy "The Kid" Odhiambo and Nelson Oyoo helped Shujaa see off Samoa, although the Islanders were undone by two yellow cards to their players in a span of two minutes.
With Australia hitting Argentina 19-7 in their last group stage match, Kenya advanced to the Cup quarters, their second time this season after Cape Town in December, alongside the Aussies who topped the pool with a 100 percent record.
Earlier, Kenya Sevens had beaten Argentina 22-7 before losing to Australia 29-7.
Nelson Oyoo scored Shujaa's only try against the Aussies.
Shujaa got their defence off in style when Frank Wanyama scored a try in each half to propel them to victory over Santiago Gomez's Pumas.
Unconverted tries from Wanyama and Oyoo gave Shujaa a 10-0 lead at the breather before Dennis Ombachi scored after the restart to stretch the lead to 15-0.
Skipper Andrew Amonde would weave through before offloading to Bush Mwale who set up Wanyama for his second try of the game. Brian Tanga's conversion put the defending champions 22-0 up.
The Argentine grabbed a late consolation through Nicolas Menendez' converted try. The other Pool C encounter saw Australia edge Samoa 19-12.
