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The Kenya Rugby Legends upcoming Legends Cup first leg \u00a0encounter against their peers from Uganda has been financially boosted after gaming firm Sportpesa committed Ksh.2Million.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018The collaboration starting May 2024 gives a nod not only to the successful history of Kenyan rugby, but also consolidates a future where experience converges with talent to inspire and uplift the next generation of rugby stars\u2019, a communique stated.<\/p>\n The Kenyan Legends are set to face off with Uganda on June 8th before the return fixture a week later in Nairobi.<\/p>\n Head Coach Oscar Osir expressed the team\u2019s readiness for the fixture however warning of a vengeful Ugandan side.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we should expect this year is a lot of preparation from Uganda and what we can see is that they have gone ahead and beefed up their team. We might have gotten them a bit off guard last year, but I expect they will be ready this time. Nonetheless, we are up to the task as we have been training well for the trip,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The Kenyan legends won last year\u2019s duel \u00a06-38 away in Uganda before picking a 31-12 victory at home to clinch the 2023 Legends Cup.<\/p>\n The Kenyan squad boasts of Kenya sevens legends \u00a0Collins Injera, Lavin Asego, George Mbaye, Oscar Sudi, Moses Mukabane and captain Eddie Omondi.<\/p>\n The team\u2019s financiers SportPesa through its initiative \u2018Tujiamini Initiative\u2019 seeks to drive its focus on support from rugby development.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are excited to embark on this journey with the Legends by Nondies because of their unparalleled legacy. Through this partnership, we aim to ignite a flame that will burn in the hearts of young talented players, encouraging them to believe in themselves and their potential for success just like the Legends\u201d, said Willis Ojwang, SportPesa\u2019s Communication and Advertising Manager.<\/p>\n The post Kenya Rugby Legends boosted ahead of friendly against Uganda<\/a> first appeared on KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 The Kenya Rugby Legends upcoming Legends Cup first leg \u00a0encounter against their peers from Uganda has been financially boosted after gaming firm Sportpesa committed Ksh.2Million. \u2018The collaboration starting May 2024 gives a nod not only to the successful history of Kenyan rugby, but also consolidates a future where experience converges with talent to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}