Lionesses to face hosts South Africa in Challenger Series semi

The Lionesses will take on hosts South Africa Sunday evening in the semifinals the ongoing Challenger Series, after beating Poland and Samoa on Saturday to finish top of Group D.

Kenya Lionesses secured a spot in the semifinals after a dominant 29-7 win over Poland, finishing unbeaten in Pool D.

Earlier on, the Dennis Mwanja coached team had beaten Samoa 20-5, showing their intention to advance from the beginning.

Lionesses match against South Africa will kick off at 16:48 Hrs EAT, the Kenyan’s hoping to draw inspiration from their two previous matches.

Against Poland, Kenya struck first in the opening minutes, with Freshia Oduor scoring a try which was however not successfully converted, to give the Lionesses a 5-0 lead.

Oliwia Krysiak crossed the try line, and Julia Druzgała added the conversion to put them ahead 7-5, in what was a quick response from Poland.

Stella Wafula restored Kenya’s lead, scoring a try just before halftime to make it 10-7, as it also went unconverted. By the end of the first half, Poland were struggling match Kenya’s zest and zeal.

Lionesses picked from where they left in the second half, when Oduor dashed through the defense to score again, extending the Lionesses’ lead to 17-7, this time round with a successful conversion.

Judith Okumu added another try which was also successfully converted, before Sinaida Nyachio capped the win after beating the Polish defense from the right to end the pool matches on a high.

South Africa booked a date with Lionesses after 36-0 victory over Hong Kong, which followed another compelling win, a 26-0 over Czechia.