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Uganda coach Tolbert Onyango and his Uganda Rugby Sevens charges are in Santiago, Chile getting ready for the 2023 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger series.
Uganda Rugby Sevens team in Chile.
The Sevens team finished tenth (10th) at their recently concluded 2022 edition of the Commonwealth games in Birmingham, England.
Despite finishing tenth, the team had an improved show in Birmingham compared to that in the 2018 Commonwealth in Gold Coast drawing with World beaters Australia and winning comfortably against Jamaica 27-5, something that gives the team confidence heading into the tournament.
Uganda – Jamaica at the 2022 Commonwealth games in Birmingham, England.
Speaking to the 2023 HSBC World Rugby Seven Series media team, Onyango talks of qualification for the Series as not only being the culmination of five years’ hard work but also a “change for everything” for the aspiring male sevens players in Uganda.
It would create a pathway for the young players who are picking up the sport
[It would] show them that even if you pick up the sport locally you can go and play internationally and be recognised for your efforts.
The World Rugby Sevens Challenge series tournament will take place between 12th and 14th August with Uganda pitted in Pool C alongside Germany, Uruguay and Lithuania
The other Pools include ;
Pool A
Chile
South Korea
Papua New Guinea
Georgia
Pool B
Hong Kong
Tonga
Jamaica
Zimbabwe
Pool D
South Africa
China
Kenya
Chile
Pool E
Poland
Belgium
Argentina
Papua New Guinea
Pool F
Japan
Kazakhstan
Colombia
Mexico
WR 7s Challenger Series fixtures for Uganda in EAT.
On 12th Aug
19h23: Uruguay 🇺🇾 vs 🇺🇬 Uganda
On 13th Aug
00h39: Germany 🇩🇪 vs 🇺🇬 Uganda
18h04: Uganda 🇺🇬 vs 🇱🇹 Lithuania
The previous and ingural series that were played in 2020 in Vina del Mar, Chile, Japan came out on top as Champions and Uganda stopped at the quarter-final stage.
Japan after winning the first edition of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger series in 2020, Chile.
Uganda Rugby Cranes suffered a slim 10-07 defeat at the hands of Hong Kong 7s in the fourth quarter-final of the Series at the Estadio Sausalito.
Uganda Rugby Sevens team before the game against Germany at the first edition.
How to watch ;
Livestream the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series on the WorldRugby’s YouTube channel starting 12-14th August.
Link: youtube.com/c/WorldRugby
