Kenya’s Rugby Sevens team, Shujaa, put up a brave fight to thrash New Zealand 21-12 in the semi-finals on Sunday in Hong Kong.
The win in the semis booked Shujaa a slot in the finals where they will battle it out with Fiji after it crushed the defending champions, Islanders of South Africa 26-24 in the semis.
Collins Injera stole the admiration of many after making well calculated tries that brought him a total of 254 tries while William Ambaka alias Lomu elevated his tally to 104 tries.
“It’s absolutely amazing to reach our Second Cup final this season. Our journey keeps getting better and better this season,” Injera excitedly said according to Nairobi News.
Injera is a former World Rugby Sevens Series all-time top try scorer.
He was optimistic of another round of victory over Fiji.
“We shall overcome Fiji if we get our tactics well. We just need to execute our plan well.”
Last month, Kenya lost to Fiji 32-12 during the Canada Sevens held in Vancouver.
In the quarters, Homeboyz’s Jeffrey Oluch shuttled Kenya to the winning streak with 19-12 victory over Scotland after evading two tackles.
In the first two Poll B matches Kenya was fixed, Shujaa beat Canada 33-10 and also flattened out Spain with 26-0 victory.