ACCRA, Ghana–  Today, Uganda, Kenya and South Africa have laid down an early marker in the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens after starting the tournament with crushing wins in their respective pool openers on Saturday, November 9.  

Pool C got day one underway, with Uganda emerging 48-0 runaway winners over battling Côte d’Ivoire. The Lady Cranes’ East African neighbors Kenya were also in rampant form as they dismantled struggling Mauritius 61-0 in Pool B with South Africa the early dominant side in Pool A after easing 38-0 past Burkina Faso.  

The Ugandans didn’t show any sign of fatigue after arriving in Accra late Friday. They crossed the whitewash through double-scorers Lydia Namabiro and Grace Auma with captain Peace Lekuru, Maimuna Musozi, Molly Akello and Grace Nabagala also diving over.  

Kenya’s try-fest was led by Sharon Auma, Stellar Wafura and Judith Auma – who all did the double. Skipper Sheila Chajira also put her name on the scorecard alongside Grace Okulu and Freshia Oduor.  

Defending Champions South Africa then made short works of a disjointed Mauritius side. The Lady Bllitzboks were untroubled in their 38-0 win. Their tries came from Leigh Fortuin, Ayanda Malinga, Nadine Roos, Kemisetso Baloyi, Maria Tshiremba and Zandile Masuku.   

In other matches, Zambia beat Senegal 10-5 in Pool C in the very first game of the day.  

In Pool B Hosts Ghana were upset 31-12 by an impressive Madagascar side that could turn out to be a dark-horse of the tournament while Tunisia defeated Zimbabwe 10-0 in Pool C.  

 

Organized by Rugby Africa (www.rugbyafrique.com), the continental governing body of Rugby across Africa, in partnership with the Government of Ghana, the 2024 tournament will bring together 12 national women’s teams at full strength, featuring nations such 2023 reigning champions South Africa, Kenya, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Ghana, Mauritius, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal and Cote d’ Ivoire. Three winning nations of the 2024 tournament will qualify for the 2025 Challenger Series, a World Rugby International Competition.    

 

The 2024 Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens tournament is accessible to the public with free admission. All 34 matches are available for streaming on Supersport OTT Channel 950. In addition, matches are available for free streaming on Rugby Pass TV, Rugby Africa’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.   

Match Day 1: Saturday 9 November 2024 (Local Ghana Time) (GMT) 

• Game 1: Zambia vs Senegal (9:00) 

• Game 2: Uganda vs Cote d’Ivoire (9:22) 

• Game 3: Ghana vs Madagascar (9:44) 

• Game 4: Kenya vs Mauritius (10:06) 

• Game 5: Tunisia vs Zimbabwe (10:28) 

• Game 6: South Africa vs Burkina Faso (10:50) 

• Game 7: Zambia vs Côte d’Ivoire (11:44) 

• Game 8: Uganda vs Senegal (12:06) 

• Game 9: Madagascar vs Mauritius (12:28) 

• Game 10: Kenya vs Ghana (12:50) 

• Game 11: Tunisia vs Burkina Faso (13:12) 

• Game 12: South Africa vs Zimbabwe (13:34)  

• Game 13: Senegal vs Cote d’Ivoire (14:50) 

• Game 14: Uganda vs Zambia (15:12) 

• Game 15: Kenya vs Madagascar (15:34) 

• Game 16: Zimbabwe vs Burkina Faso (15:56) 

• Game 17: South Africa vs Tunisia (16:18) 

• Game 18: Ghana vs Mauritius (16:40) 

 

 

Streaming 

SuperSport: OTT 950 

Rugby Pass TV: https://rugbypass.tv/home 

Rugby Africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RugbyAfrique 

Rugby Africa YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RugbyAfrique 

 

Pool A: South Africa, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso  

Pool B: Kenya, Madagascar, Ghana, Mauritius 

Pool C: Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Côte D’Ivoire 

 

Written by Enock Muchinjo 

Media Contact:  

Nicole Vervelde
Communications Advisor  

nicole.vervelde@rugbyafrique.com  

About Rugby Africa:  

Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com) is the governing body of rugby in Africa and one of the regional associations under World Rugby. It unites all African countries that play rugby union, rugby sevens, and women’s rugby. Rugby Africa organizes various competitions, including the qualifying tournaments for the Rugby World Cup and the Africa Sevens, a qualifying competition for the Olympic Games. With 39 member unions, Rugby Africa is dedicated to promoting and developing rugby across the continent. World Rugby highlighted Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia as three of the six emerging nations experiencing strong growth in rugby.