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Kenya Sevens coach Kevin Wambua has highlighted what his team needs to work on before the third leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series in Perth, Australia in January.
Kenya Sevens coach Kevin Wambua has identified key areas his team must work on to improve their performance levels in the World Rugby Sevens Series.
Shujaa collected eight points from the Cape Town Sevens last weekend, following a seventh place finish, a major improvement from the three they got in the season-opening leg in Dubai, when they finished 10th.
Kenya have just returned to the top flight after their relegation in May 2023 and are bidding to finish in the top eight to avoid getting dragged into another fight for survival but they have found the going tough.
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Shujaa capped off their Cape Town 7s campaign with a dominant display against Great Britain to improve on their Dubai 7s placing.
A young side, with most of the players featuring in the top flight for the first time, Kenya’s inexperience has been exposed in the first two legs but there have been positive signs in both Dubai and Cape Town which Wambua is hoping to build on.
“The team has played fantastic in the first two legs and even in the games we played, we were a bit unfortunate,” Wambua told TeleconAsiaSport.
“It goes down to a bit of decision-making but we pick the lessons and look to improve. This is a young squad, most of them playing for the first time in the Series and we keep learning, improving and getting better by each game,” he added.
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Patrick Odongo and Nygel Amaitsa were particularly monsterous as Shujaa consolidated a 32-17 win to finish seventh in the second leg of the 2024/25 World Rugby Sevens Series.
What has lacked in Shujaa’s game so far is a clinical edge with their inability to hold onto leads proving costly, especially in the first leg in Dubai.
Wambua is already cognizant of these and they are areas he wants to work on before the next leg in Perth, Australia in January 2025.
“One of the lessons we have picked is that we have to be ruthless and efficient, especially in the opposition half,” he added.
“The series is very tight and we can’t afford a lot of errors. We need to work on getting more clinical to get better rewards. But we are getting better, starting off with 10th then seventh shows you there is growth.”
Wambua’s men have one month to work on their weaknesses before the third leg which will take place from January 24-26 in Perth.
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