Kenya Men's National 7's team, Shujaa are through to the Quarter finals in the Vancouver 7's and will battle a stronger US side at exactly 7:42p.m today. The squad began their campaign with a 17-5 win over Spain at the BC Arena on Saturday 18 September 2021. A cagey period was witnessed in the opening half with the first tries of the match coming towards the end of the half. Facing Mexico, Shujaa yet again emerged victorious winning 45-5 after tries from Willy Ambaka, Derrick Keyoga, Timothy Mmasi and debutant Alvin Marube.
The 3rd game saw Kenya starting on the wrong footing with South Africa. Kenya conceded a yellow card as Willy Ambaka was sent off for an intentional tap. Shujaa scored the final try of the match with Ambaka producing a big carry on the left wing and offloaded to supporting Alvin Marube, the debutant paced on to score a try that was converted for 14 points. Kenya’s efforts to trim the gap was cut short when Ambaka stopped on the left side on his way to the try-line. The huge blow eventually saw the Blitzbok edge past Shujaa 33-14.
In the quarter-final head-to-head between the teams, USA lead 3-1. USA lost all three Cup quarter-finals they played in last season but won all 10 the previous year. Meanwhile, Kenya’s only previous Cup quarter-final at BC Place came against England in 2018 when they won 12-0.