2010 Victoria Cup
2010 Victoria Cup | |||
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Countries | Kenya Uganda Zimbabwe | ||
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin | ||
Champions | Kenya (1st title) | ||
Matches played | 5 | ||
Tries scored | 26 (5.2 per match) | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Simiyu I. (30) Kenya | ||
Top try scorer(s) | Simiyu I. (6) Kenya | ||
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The 2010 Victoria Cup took place during June and July 2010, and was the inaugural Victoria Cup with the national teams from Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda competing in a round robin tournament, with both home and away fixtures. Kenya was declared the winner after winning all 4 of its matches.
Schedule
Click on the date in the first column to see more details on that match.
Date | Kickoff | Home | Score | Visitor | Venue | Notes |
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2010-06-12 | 1500h EAT | Kenya | 11 – 10 |
Zimbabwe | RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya | Zimbabwe earned a bonus point for losing by less than 8 points. |
2010-06-19 | 1600h EAT | Uganda | 24 – 15 |
Zimbabwe | ||
2010-07-03 | 1600h EAT | Uganda | 25 – 33 |
Kenya | (Elgon Cup - Rd 1) Both teams earn bonus point for scoring 4 tries. | |
2010-07-10 | 1600h EAT | Kenya | 21 – 5 |
Uganda | RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya | (Elgon Cup - Rd 2) Kenya retain Elgon Cup and win inaugural Victoria Cup. |
2010-07-17 | 1600h CAT | Zimbabwe | 18 – 23 |
Kenya | Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe earn bonus for losing by less than 8 and Kenya for scoring 4 tries. |
2010-07-24 | 1600h CAT | Zimbabwe | – |
Uganda | Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe | Match cancelled |
2010 Final Table of Standings
Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Points | Bonus | TOTAL |
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Kenya | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 58 | +30 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
Uganda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 69 | -15 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 58 | -15 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2010 points scorers
Player | Tries | Conversions | Penalties | Drop-goals | POINTS | |
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Abuoga | Kenya | 4 | 4 | 20 | ||
Ambunya | Kenya | 1 | 5 | |||
Amonde | Kenya | 1 | 5 | |||
Gurumani | Zimbabwe | 1 | 5 | |||
Kiiza | Uganda | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||
Kola | Kenya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
Machanjaira | Zimbabwe | 1 | 5 | |||
Mbanje | Zimbabwe | 1 | 5 | |||
Mhende | Zimbabwe | 1 | 5 | |||
Mudoola | Uganda | 1 | 5 | |||
Makwanya | Zimbabwe | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
Mutai | Kenya | 1 | 5 | |||
Odong | Uganda | 1 | 5 | |||
Onen | Uganda | 2 | 10 | |||
Robertson | Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
Simiyu I | Kenya | 6 | 30 | |||
Simiyu N | Kenya | 2 | 10 | |||
Sseguya | Uganda | 3 | 1 | 17 | ||
Tondoro | Zimbabwe | 2 | 10 | |||
Wokorach | Uganda | 1 | 5 | |||
TOTAL | 26 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 185 |
Match 1: Kenya v Zimbabwe
The Kenya head coach Michael "Tank" Otieno is an ex-Kenyan international who had played against Zimbabwe four times in his career and lost each time (1981, 1985, 1987 and 1989). The captain, Innocent Simiyu, had previously played Zimbabwe twice and won each time (2002 and 2003).[2] Though the last match between the two sides was won by Zimbabwe these results describe the changing relative strengths of the two sides over the past 30 years, Kenya are stronger than they were though in truth the greater part of this change is a lowering of the standard of the game in Zimbabwe.
The Kenya squad included two new caps in the youngsters from the
2010-06-12 16:00 EAT ( UTC+3) |
(44th 49.68) Kenya | 11 – 10 | Zimbabwe (47th 46.91) |
Try: I.Simiyu (1) Con: none Pen: P.Abuoga (1) M.Kola (1) Drop: none | Report 1 Report 2 | Try: L.Machanjaira (1) Con: D.Robertson (1) Pen: D.Robertson (1) Drop: none |
RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Attendance: 3000 Referee: Ramsey Olinga (Uganda) Assistant Referee: Gilbert Kwaya (Uganda) Assistant Referee: David Kirabira (Uganda) Match Commissioner: Paul Sigombe (Uganda) |
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Match 2: Uganda v Zimbabwe
Sables' coach Brandon Dawson expressed displeasure at the referees' handled of both this and the Kenya game the previous week, stating that the quality of officiating is negatively impacting the development of the game in Africa. The match generated further press coverage when the Sables’ team manager Noddy Kanyangarara was accused of slapping the Ugandan liaison officer Chris Lubanga during an incident in which the Zimbabweans had complained about being booked into sub-standard accommodation. Lubanga is reported to have opened a case of assault at the Kira road police station.[7][8]
However Dawson conceded that Zimbabwe can only focus on their own game and simply need to put these events and the two defeats behind them and move on.[9] Kanyangarara said that the Zimbabwe team had wasted the few chances they had in the game, whereas Uganda had made the most of theirs.[9]
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Match 3: Uganda v Kenya
Prior to this match, Kenya were 41st on the
In the 2009
The match was preceded on the same ground by the women's Elgon Cup match between Uganda and Kenya, Uganda winning 8 - 5.[12]
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Match 4: Kenya v Uganda
By winning this match Kenya retained the Elgon Cup and secured the inaugural Victoria Cup for themselves; even if Zimbabwe were to earn the maximum ten points from their remaining two fixtures they could not overtake Kenya. Kenya rose three places in the IRB rankings to 35th (51.40 points) whilst Uganda dropped to 44th with 48.79 points. This match was preceded by a women's match between the two countries; Kenya women beat Uganda's Lady Cranes by 16 points to 8 meaning that they also secured the women's Elgon Cup.
This match took place in Nairobi on the day before the
2010-07-10 16:00 EAT ( Mark Lawrence (South Africa) Assistant referee: Simbarashe Dangah (Zimbabwe) Assistant referee: Gilbert Masenda (Zimbabwe) Television match official: Nicholas Gachoya Assessor: Oscar Oyowo[15] |
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Match 5: Zimbabwe v Kenya
Zimbabwe were without most of their South Africa-based players due to club rugby commitments, the exceptions being Rocky Gurumani and Vakai Hove. Having lost both matches in the Victoria Cup so far, motivation is low and problems have been simmering in the Sables camp. Only 17 players turned up for the Wednesday evening training session prior to this match out of a 30 called up. There were also reports of an argument between Themba Sibanda (the Zimbabwe Rugby Union president) and head coach Brendan Dawson during a meeting between the technical team and the union’s leadership on the Wednesday prior to the match; although neither spoke publicly about the row. Union vice president Judith Chiyangwa was also reported to have walked out as tensions mounted
This was Kenya’s fourth victory against Zimbabwe in their 12 international encounters, although it the first time that Zimbabwe have lost to Kenya at home. It was Zimbabwe's third consecutive loss winning them the mkamshi (
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(47th 46.94) Zimbabwe | 18 – 23 | Kenya (38th 51.04) |
Try: Mhende (1) Gurumani (1) Con: Makwanya (1) Pen: Makwanya (2) Drop: none | Report | Try: Ambunya (1) Simiyu I. (2) Kola (1) Con: none Pen: Kola (1) Drop: none |
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)[16] Assistant Referee: Gabriel Masenda (Zimbabwe) Assistant Referee: Nonsikelelo Sibanda (Zimbabwe) Match commissioner: Freddy Ollows (Zimbabwe) |
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Match 6: Zimbabwe v Uganda
The final match of the series was due to be played at 16:00 CAT (
The game would have served little purpose in the competition other than to determine second and third place as Kenya had already secured the cup. It may have affected world rankings and would have been good experience for both teams but the Uganda Rugby Union said that "a significant number of their players were at the rugby club" at the time of the blast, and as a result the Ugandans have asked that the match be cancelled.
The referee was to have been Marius Jonker (South Africa)[17]
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