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Africa Rugby Sevens: Nigeria draw, Kenya, Senegal

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Africa Rugby Sevens: Nigeria draw, Kenya, Senegal

Nigeria Rugby team, the Black Scorpions, have been drawn against Four-time defending champions Kenya and Senegal in the Africa Rugby Cup Sevens starting Friday at the Safaricom Stadium, Kasarani, Kenya.

In Pool A, minnows Nigeria and Senegal stand between Kenya and the semi-finals of the championship that has four pools. Last year’s runners up Zimbabwe are in Pool B that has Uganda and Mauritius.

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Morocco, the 2012 losing finalists, headline Pool C where they face Zambia and Madagascar while Tunisia are in Pool D alongside 2004 losing finalists Namibia and Botswana.

 

The Pool winners will be ranked for the knockout semi-final stage on Saturday with the rest playing in the classification ranking.

 

Four-time defending champions Kenya have been into six of the last seven Africa Cup finals, winning in 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2015. Zimbabwe won in 2000 and 2012 beating Kenya and Morocco respectively while South Africa’s Development side claimed victory in 2014, edging out Kenya.

 

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