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David GOMBE

The Uganda Girl Rugby Cranes workforce for the Rugby Africa Ladies’s Cup has been flagged off for the match slated for Could twenty third to thirty first on the RFUEA Grounds in Nairobi, Kenya.

The squad has 28 gamers for the championship that may see Uganda battle with hosts Kenya, South Africa, and Madagascar.

Assistant Deputy Common Secretary at Nationwide Council of Sports activities, Joseph Oluga flagged off the workforce at Copper Chimney in Lugogo.

For starters, the Rugby Africa Ladies’s Cup is the premier ladies’s 15s rugby competitors on the continent.

The occasion may also function a part of the qualification pathway for subsequent yr’s Ladies’s Rugby World Cup qualifiers.

Final yr, Uganda completed third within the earlier version that was staged in South Africa.

Madagascar received the title after overcoming South Africa 61-17 within the ultimate.

Uganda’s solely victory on the match in South Africa was in opposition to eventual champions Madagascar, with the Girl Cranes triumphing 24-20.

Rugby Africa Ladies’s Cup Fixtures:

Saturday, 23 Could
•South Africa v Madagascar
•Kenya Lionesses vs Uganda Girl Cranes

Wednesday, 27 Could
•South Africa v Uganda
•Kenya Lionesses vs Madagascar

Sunday, 31 Could
•Uganda vs Madagascar
•South Africa v Kenya

Girl Cranes XVs Squad for the Rugby Africa Ladies’s Cup

ASABA AWEBWA EVELYN BETH
NAKALE JANIPHER
NAKALEMBE PHOEBE
KOKOI CHRISTINE
MBABAZI DOREEN
SIJALI DOREEN (VC)
NAJJUMA YVONNE
NANTONGO PHIONA
NAMUKWAYA FAZIRA
ACEN LEONA
MUKYALA PROSCOVIA
ACANIT HELLEN
NEMIRA PEACE
ADONG SUSAN
KIRABO CABRINE
NANYONJO ANGELLA (C)
BABIRYE GORRET