KENYA CUP: Mwamba To Open Campaign Against Western Bulls
Mwamba RFC will open their 2015/2016 Kenya Cup campaign at home against Western Bulls on November 21st in a new look league that has been divided into two pools, according to fixtures released by Kenya Rugby Union.
Mwamba RFC is grouped in Pool A together with Kenya Cup defending champions KCB RFC, Strathmore Leos, Homeboyz, Western Bulls, Mean Machine and new boys Thika RFC. The other pool has runners up Kabras RFC, Nakuru RFC, Impala, Nondies, Kenya Harlequins, Blak Blad and debutants Bungoma Sharks.
The new format sees each team play a total of 19 matches. The teams will play twice against each other in their own pools and a one off in the other pools. If a team goes all the way to finals then, it will play a total of 24 matches in Kenya Cup alone.
In Eric Shirley Shield, teams have been again grouped in three pools. The pools was done regionally and Region A (Nairobi area) has KCB II, Impala II, Nondies II, Blak Blad II and Mean Machine II. In Region B (Nairobi area), Strathmore Leos II leads the pool together with Mwamba II, Homeboyz II, Kenya Harlequins II and Thika II.
In Region C (upcountry), Kabras II headline the pool with Nakuru II, Bulls II and Sharks II joining them.
Kenya Cup Pools:
Kenya Cup | ||
Region A | Region B | |
1.KCB | 1.Kabras | |
2.Strathmore | 2.Nakuru | |
3.Mwamba | 3.Impala | |
4.Homeboyz | 4.Nondies | |
5.Western Bulls | 5.Harlequins | |
6.Mean Machine | 6.Blakblad | |
7.Thika | 7.Sharks |
Here are Mwamba matches in Kenya Cup:
MATCH DAY | DATE | MATCH | VENUE |
1. | 21.11.2015 | MWAMBA V BULLS | NAIROBI (TBC) |
2. | 28.11.2015 | HOMEBOYZ V MWAMBA | NAIROBI (TBC) |
3. | 5.12.2015 | MWAMBA V THIKA | NAIROBI |
4. | 12.12.2015 | MACHINE V MWAMBA | U.O.N |
5. | 19.12.2015 | MWAMBA V IMPALA | NAIROBI |
6. | 5.1.2016 | MWAMBA V KCB | NAIROBI |
7. | 9.1.2016 | ||
8. | 16.1.2016 | MWAMBA V STRATHMORE | NAIROBI |
9. | 23.1.2016 | BULLS V MWAMBA | KAKAMEGA |
10. | 30.1.2016 | MWAMBA V HOMEBOYZ | NAIROBI |
11. | 13.2.2016 | THIKA V MWAMBA | THIKA |
12. | 20.2.2016 | MWAMBA V MACHINE | NAIROBI |
13. | 27.2.2016 | NAKURU V MWAMBA | NAKURU |
14. | 12.3.2016 | KCB V MWAMBA | RUARAKA |
15. | 19.3.2016 | MWAMBA V STRATHMORE | NAIROBI |
16. | 25.3.2016 | MWAMBA V KABRAS | NAIROBI |
17. | 2.4.2016 | SHARKS V MWAMBA | BUNGOMA |
18. | 9.4.2016 | MWAMBA V BLAK BLAD | NAIROBI |
19. | 16.4.2016 | MWAMBA V QUINS | NAIROBI |
20. | 23.4.2016 | NONDIES V MWAMBA | JAMHURI GROUNDS |
21. | 30.4.2016 | KENYA CUP QUARTERS | |
22. | 14.5.2016 | KENYA CUP SEMIS | |
23. | 21.5.2016 | KENYA CUP SEMIS | |
24. | 28.5.2016 | KENYA CUP FINALS |