 Tachilain here on Y254 on this beautiful Saturday afternoon after very cold Friday today seems that the sun is out there and people are actually enjoying the sun and here in the studio we're here to talk about everything that has been happening in the world of sports and let's go a bit rugby on everything that has been happening in the Tokyo Olympic 2020 and joining us to talk about everything when it comes to matters rugby is a kikichi combo the director youth and innovation at the Kenya Rugby Union Malimu welcome to Y254 welcome to the Tachilain thank you thank you Banozora and good to see you again yeah it's been a hectic year it's been a hectic year and it seems that it has been not a good olympics for us we can say yeah okay for the area that we participated but we are anticipating as the time goes by there are more events coming up and you know where we are strong yes hopefully we'll be able to do well yeah I've seen 800 as you have we still have steep edges for women yeah I know trophies we are sorry we'll be getting some medals there yeah we hoped that we'll start with the 10 000 meters yesterday but it was not it never happened for us in that one but as Malimu said we've got many more getting on to the semifinals of the 800 meters and we'll be hoping that when it comes to the 5000 and 1500 also steep alches those will be our gold medals but let's talk about rugby and everything that has been happening there Fiji world champions again when it comes to olympics seems they got a knock a knock of how to win the olympics medal yeah they have been systematic and when you see the Fiji and rugby and the population in general they have accepted that Akiragbi is their game the whole population and they also they have having a very good structure developmental structure it's made them to go the way while they won in Rio and same time the next so this olympic again they have won against New Zealand you've seen the the women also rugby also going to the final losing to New Zealand I can see men losing to Fiji and also it's a revenge for the women in New Zealand also winning so that seems a very good structure and when you look at the Fijian players you can see the likes of Serevi the magician then coming in of Jeritwai carrying on now you can be able to see the Relangu also these are very good players you look at Osaya they are also very good players and that tells us the structure the Fijians are having and they seems they have mastered the game of the seventh game of rugby yeah a big one for Fiji they are congratulations to them and winning that one but let's bring it back home here for the Kenya the Shuja and also the lioness on our performance we lost our three matches in the pool one against Ireland what can be our biggest lesson from this year's olympics okay well the way I look at it they have improved as a way to enter into Rio and find that we've been having that consistency you know seventh it's been our game and seems players have also been an athletic nation we've been able to do well because of the version of the game but this time round we've seen the way they were playing but there were some areas actually that probably the coaches would be able to look and be able to improve especially on the Shuja probably on the breakdowns and all that but it's also about the structures and the development which the Kenya union now is putting on to see that now people first the other players see the captain also now calling it done it now with a plate for the nation we say thank you for the captain actually andromone so now just been a journey for him in drug yeah and you've been one of the captain of winning Singapore seven for the first time that that leg in 2016 and so he says fine let me also now give it out to the others players and we can be able to see the young players who are coming up like Olindi performing well in that game of island that shows us the prowess that Kenya rugby is putting in place so it's a lesson much improved as we went down to Rio and probably as we go next now in 2024 we'll work out to qualify and then we want to do it even the lioness you see how they played yesterday against Japan winning 27-5 and going down today to Canada but see now the margin as it was in Rio it's much improved but despite that we even heard five girls who are not training they were in isolation because of the covid issue but now coming in the last few days and we're only having seven players in the camp and they can be able to do that now it's almost a factor that affected our performance in Rio but we expect we come back we'll be able to focus on and correct as we've put structures in the development structure big one there because also we understand that we had the oldest squad in these years olympics meaning that these other teams the young guys were very too fast for us yeah well you know when it comes to the games about the experience probably we had the oldest squad and most experience remember 1999 when the Fiji actually Fiji were rated out in the when the world rugby and people said they had the oldest squad they cannot go to run kina Serevi but they went on to to win that to win that championship in to 20 299 so uh what what what we are saying that uh it's just luck and probably the game was also changing in terms of uh what they are people were kind of putting on a lot of uh involvement in terms of technology and all that yeah so uh as the others bow out uh probably it's probably multiple i mean a factor this time round but now we're also going to look into that and that's why you see the coach what he was doing is trying to integrate the young guys and the old guys as they bow out we already have our structure but this time round as we satisix showed that kenya actually had the the oldest squad and the most experienced squad which could have actually uh probably won yeah but luck was not on our side on this they are this time from my own point of view i'm of their idea that our teams were also affected by kovid 19 because we were almost a year out of no competition yes they are they were in camp and training but missing kenya cup matches did these affect these uh these boys and girls because now these these guys were not in farm competition going on to this competition yeah yeah it does because what normally happens with any competition is about the coach and we have players who are coming up and they are graduating from from one level to another and uh when we have those kind of competition the coach can be able to see which type of player it probably is not playing well and there's another player who is playing well so it really affected remember rugby has not been played from 2020 march yes yeah we just came back recently and there was a lot of interruption with the kovid so it it's played a big a big a big disadvantage on our side and also not having played the seven circuit seven circuit normally it's an area where coaches also go down and they select players based on the competition but having lacked that seven competition we also have zafari sevens actually which we invite foreign teams to come and be able to gauge our players and the coach can also now be able to see which players is probably a meeting around 80 percent who is doing 100 percent who is doing 60 percent then i can be able to have his squad also and that's also we normally have a team b that's a developmental side also playing but not having zafari sevens that also hind that also having the development side from playing because normally when they play you can have two or three players also from the middle side replacing the guys in the 80 yes so it is about is it it was not really a big disadvantage for us the kovid issue but having the camp and the government also coming in support knock it was and also having the the rugby afri competition south afrika and at nisha you see that was another factor that also was able to uplift our preparation for the olympics yeah it was well big one there for us when it comes to the olympics roba rosoro here for the touchline on social media is at y254 hashtag touchline and we are giving you everything that is happening when it comes to matters sports a big one there for kenya let's bring it back home here and we've got one game that will be happening today kcb rugby we'll be playing against top friend akuru at the kcb sports club ruah raka from 3 p.m. and then i two matches in pala strutmolios that was supposed to happen at in pala from one that game has actually been postponed and then mamba and nondescripts also just to be a doubleheader there but the game has also been postponed and now we'll be watching the defending champions kcb go out against top fry at the ruah raka grounds from 3 p.m. big news also that came out this weekend polo dera the chipu coach also resigning no i think uh be able to uh okay well information okay probably i've also seen it and uh we probably the board chairman will be able to be reacting with but i have not seen as a board on that area of our discussion but i have also seen it on the social media social media circles yeah sure wow big one i think the information will be coming out probably soon yeah yes and then kcb top fry big game at 3 today yeah yeah it's a big one coming up and it's it's also it's advantage for the funds not who are waiting to have a watch their matches on the tv that is a mamba mamba and nondes and in pala and strutmol but that one has been postponed but that should be set another day when they will also be able to enjoy the matches but this one's a big one kcb also working hard probably to to probably to maintain to to retain the cup um cabra is also playing well and we've seen for the few matches they have played yeah so we expect a big match ahead but today probably kcb the way i've i've seen the rating kcb and and and strut many and akuru yes well kcb might be having a upper hand but now with preparation how it is normally coaches how they prepare their team anything can happen yeah yeah so but i think it's a good match also it's it's good to see the trackbees back under people playing rugby it's good for for the players also briefly because we we didn't uh bad scalp uh boys performed also very well yeah yeah winning uh that was a big one for for kenya defending champions again so expect for them to work rugby junior trophy yeah they representing africa probably full goes well we'll be hosting they will be what rugby will be announcing probably next year uh the host yeah and kenya had placed um to host the the championship so we might be able to get it and then i think that will be okay also a big plus so that people can watch it home last year we played in brazil and so how the boys play they played well and some of them have graduated they are playing for simbars yes yeah simbars also qualifying for the next level uh competition we expect for the world cup uh coming up in france in 2023 so we are on course and uh coaches will be preparing the team for that oh yeah sure to our plan is also they are also working out playing to play against colombia for world cup we find that's before now they go for for three pay charge yes so we expect them will be hosting colombia here in iroby so we expect to be that come this august uh to be in 20th and 24th on august okay i might not be able to know that it but in august yeah so we expect and client is to do well to win against colombia then uh we go for three pay judge and work out to qualify for the world cup simbars did well in france you saw we were able to play in france but for the first time you see now that initially we had not gone for the repair but this for the first time so that places where we are now in in africa with the ratings kenya being number two abia in south africa so our agbis on track well thanks a lot malim we leave it there till the next time but next time we will be talking about how we are going to win those medals but these boys from the bus cup they are showing a lot of promise yeah when it when it goes forward and actually get to world rugby junior trophy there it is the touchline here on why two five four let's go for a short commercial break when we come back it will be all about the fund zone and everything that is happening in football considering that every cost have lost five two to spain in the quarterfinals of the olympics