School Games: Kakamega High eye Rugby 15s regional glory

KSSSA Western rugby 15s champions Kakamega High are aiming to lift the FEASSSA title, head coach Amos Wamanga has said.

School Games: Kakamega High eye Rugby 15s regional glory“I’m happy to say that we thank God for the opportunity to participate in the East Africa this year. Uh, the mood in the camp is good, the boys are really focused.

They want to deliver what they did not manage at the Nationals. Remember, the Nationals was an ambush for them,” a confident Wamanga said.

Wamanga and his technical bench are now working tirelessly to ensure the boys are fully prepared and ready to finish top of the East Africa charts despite having many top teams from both Kenya and Uganda.

“We had already shifted our focus to 7s. Now this time round we are working very hard with the 15s group in terms of the preparation which is progressing so well.

The boys have been focused and I believe if all goes as planned, we are going to confirm that we are still the elite in East Africa,” said Wamanga.

Kakamega marched to the nationals as Western Region champions thanks to the disqualification of the then champions Bungoma High, over irregularities.

They had lost 12-07 to Bungoma High in the regional final.

Since 2019, The Barbarians had not reached the nationals leave alone East Africa School Games.

He explained: “I want to believe this time round we have knocked the door for the nationals and the door opened and now we are heading to the East African Games.

We are fully confident of clinching the East Africa title this year so that next year we may be in good shape to lift both the nationals and the East Africa titles,” he added.

Wamanga has hailed the school principal Dr. Elphas Aliva Luvaso for maximum support as well as the school alumni for coming through. “We have had a lot of support from the school administration, the chief principal and the alumni in making life easier to this particular team. The entire team feels highly motivated and ready for what lies ahead.”

He continued: “At Kakamega, there's a lot of balance between books and field work (training). You'll realize that boys only come to the field 1 hour 30 minutes on weekdays. This means that the entire time of the day from 4:00 am to around 4:00 pm they are always in class."