 That was a big man, big score against our neighbours. They could not believe when they scored one try. It was a game and it was against our neighbours. Sometimes we called them our noisy neighbours. Playing against Algeria that was a tough one. We came, we were behind but we came and managed the game. Then we held on at the last minute and won. I think that that was a big plus for our rugby team. We went for the Karikap division and when we started winning, we won three matches. We won against Leopards, elephants and now against Uganda and Algeria. It was a very good trajectory for the simpas that are coming in with winning some good, serious matches. Because now when you look at our graph, it's now gone up completely and I think that shows that now we've discovered the winning formula and the boys are doing well and they are executing how the game is supposed to be and they are managing one game at a time. Having hosted the Karikap here, when we were in South Africa we started low but we finished on a high note and in fact I was seeing the commentator during our match against Algeria and they were saying that surprisingly Kenya finished ahead of Zimbabwe but when from the start Zimbabwe looks much better than Kenya. That tells us how our game has grown and how the players have dealt together, how they are working as a team and now they have gotten the winning formula which now they are executing. Well a very good one for the simpas there as we are waiting for them to play against Namibia tomorrow. A tough final it is for the simpas but they have to perform in that one. There's no option for them. Yeah definitely there's no option because we came close during the 2015, 2014 qualifying for 2015 World Cup and 2019 again we went to final and we lost to Namibia so that was in widow. So this time again we are meeting again with the final so that tells us also the big rugby teams actually it's simpas and Namibia because now they are meeting consecutively twice in a row in the finals of World Cup qualifying and boys have no option. I think they saw what happened at that time and they might not probably wish to go the ripachajue because actually it's a different ball game and also the teams meeting different from a different continent. So it's easy to play against Namibia. So it's just about the boys how they'll tomorrow, how they'll pack it themselves, how they'll all come to the game, how they'll be able to play the game, to be in the game up to the end and they'll be able to win tomorrow against Namibia because the only thing and I remember if they called the site and say now our bench is okay, depth is okay now for the first 15 men going hard, going hard and be able to contain the Namibia, minimise the mistake and let everybody go to the game. They want to be defending better, maintain the discipline and defend so that at least they don't have an America advantage. We better have an America advantage than them having an America advantage. So our discipline will take us through that tomorrow's game. We're a big one there for Kenya as they will be going to play Namibia tomorrow and you can enjoy that much to usually live and a big one for Simba's as they're actually proving to be alright. But also let's shift our focus to what is happening here at home. The national seven circuit is actually happening and today it is the fifth leg in Prinsolo Nakuru and big change that there is no team that is actually defending this type of ground. I knew we need every leg. I think that also tells us how competitive our sevens rugby is and the ethnicity the teams have been having. Having missed in the last year because of the COVID and coming back strongly and that's why every circuit has got a new winner and that tells us how the competitive the circuit is which is good. And we are in Osindal and I saw homeboys coming up strongly. Although they have the history of winning the sevens but they came out and having the young guys also playing like Amon Omalwa being one of the guys who took us to the World Cup you remember in Kampala and he was in that particular game and he was able to display the game, open up the game in the likes of Nyakundi. Oilas also gave a good spirit for the game and we have very good players who played in the finals and actually when you looked at the dream team of Dala and I saw Nakuru having around five Oilas having around five sorry and you have been around four players I think that tells us how competitive and how close it was in Dala. Well some of the games that you are expecting to see there in pool we have got homeboys, Catholic Mox, Cabras and Western Bulls then pool B has got many Oilas Masinda Muliro, Nakuru RFC and Kisumu and then pool C has got KCB nondescripts in Pala, Kenya, Halequin and then pool D, Muamba, Stratumulios, Black Blood and then Nivi Higa, Granite, it's a very tough one and another new champion that we can expect from Prince Lou? Well they have seen the first results trickling in Yes, that tells us how it's going but until we wait until tomorrow now when we have the last, the one who will go to the main cup the top four or they've been eight, top eight probably there now will be able now to see the projection on how we'll be able to, how the team have gone out to train for this particular week and have trained for the Prince Lou probably might have a new winner as you say I've been shifted for it because now it is shifted to the other side of the world to the western part we had a Dala 7 Prince Lou and then now we'll be going to head into Kakamega for the final leg. How has it been so far from the assessment? So far so good because we have these players who've been not caught in probably a chance to be called for the national team and actually now the coach, I saw the national team coach was there McGregor was there and the team Mungueno and the assistant Kevin Wambua, they were in Dala and they have been around, they have been watching how the boys have been playing and when you also see the selectors and the dream team coming up you actually see the new names that you've never expected actually to to feature among, to be among the the contentors for the Kenyan jazi they are coming up and that tells us how competitive it is and also we have new talents that have not been identified and now it's the seven circuit has opened up, I actually do have good players who can be able to get used for the national team and they will be able to bring us glory. So these are the guys now coach will look and be able to nurture them and give them in the right structure, give them the right structure for the game and Kenya will be again at the top of the map. Yeah because I actually, I also saw him in Kisumu for the Dala sevens there and he was looking for some of those players and appeared like Amon Wamala was a big revelation in Uganda no one saw him coming out but he was one of the best players in that tournament. Yeah and just a young guy who was playing for Chippu and now he's now grown and that's a good structure because he comes from the age grade structure, the 14 and the 15 then now goes to the national team and 20 now helping to the senior team now. I think that's a pathway, a good pathway for the players and that's now tells us these are the structure that we support and that's why we are working so hard with the development structure that's in Kenya both for the guys and the boys so that we nurture and coaches identify the skills of players we put them in that one training then now we live, we put them in the camp again, then we release them, then we go and monitor them again then so they join the pathway. And how is the development structure how is it put in place, how do you implement it? Well we do have, the Kenyaradbeenon have got the structure for for development and they do have what we call the development officer the aridios. Yes these are the regions they are across the country so what is them, they mainly identify the talents and they nurture those talents now support now the national team coaches whenever whenever an assignment is there they are being called now bring the those skillful players they are standing players they give them in the camp then the the elite coaches now they take them to represent the country but we keep on monitoring and maintaining they are looking at their profiles so that's how our structure works but also KRE supports the other the TNE for the training of coaches training of the referees so that also they assist them across the country so that's our program but majorly well we might not be having enough fund for running our programs but we do have some fund that's trickle in by Wadrakbe which might not be enough but it keeps us going and maintaining our structures. Well it's a tough one there because I saw some of the games that were coming out of the develop the regional development aridios was a masai sevens that actually happened we also had embu sevens where these players can also come and showcase some of those talents but it's a big one I'm looking at the results that are actually coming in from Nakuru and I'll give you just around one result that I've actually come in and the Cabraz sugar managing to win 1910 against the Catholic monks a big win for homeboys 24-0 against the western bulls and then in Nakuru winning 2012 against the Masinda Mulero and then in Nondis a draw with Impala 12-12 KCB a big win for them 24-14 to Kenya Helikons. Sretmo Leos narrowly defeating Blackblood 12-10 and then Muamba winning against the Vihigia Granites 26-7 so it's a big one for them they are hopefully homeboys are big win for them because they have started on a high note but we'll be seeing how they will be finished from these results you can never tell who the winner might be yeah but when you see those two two two two wins from the teams in Apul yes that is they already have one foot already in the quarterfinals yes yeah so if they win the next match and I think they'll be in now why yeah tough one they are we're waiting to see how it goes and we're likely to see some of the changes that will be happening just remember that it is the touchline here on Y254 I'm Robert Osoro at Mirumbi Osoro is where you can find me on Twitter and I'm joined by Mualimu Kikechi Kombo who is actually the director of youth and innovation at the Kenya rugby union and we are talking matters rugby because it's a weekend of rugby and also we've got the test matches that are happening from last week to this week front winning 2015 against Japan and then for the very first time history making Ireland defeating the all blacks they are 2312 we do not expect that yeah I think it's I think it's unbelievable that New Zealand have lost and but I think that tells us how next year's workup is going to be because it's going to competitive yes and teams are preparing for the onslaught when it comes to next year yes so winning Ireland winning in it's big for the Irish rugby yes and they have worked for many years down the line they have played so many test matches in New Zealand but they have never come that close and today they were able to make it and you know now I've seen guys saying that Scott the coach of New Zealand this guy who has never won even the super rugby and the first coach now to lose to island to island yes in New Zealand uh yeah so I think the next test match is easy for him to explain that yeah sometimes what I look at with coaches yeah you know what what they do we see now they are preparing for the workup because they have already qualified so they might want to have a huge test of their players yeah they bring in new players to play so they can be able to gauge them and finally when they name the final squad for the workup they'll be having a complete team well it's a big one that is happening actually because currently we've got Australia also playing against England and England are leading by 19 points to zero against Australia I try coming there by B Vunipola and is the one with the four points coming from penalty by Farrell so England is leading Australia 19 zero big win for England if also they managed to win this one yeah uh England they have also okay England and Australia Australia has never always had an advantage over England yes but the way the England English they lost last weekend but the way they are playing today I think they've be able to went out and collected where they went wrong and I think they were so far so good they are managing the game yes Australia they are making a mistake and England are couplizing on the mistake the the OZs are making yeah and then now they are they are leading but we let us see how second of goes yeah because normal that's where now the game is played and remember the World Cup the bomb squad might come in talking about bomb squad talking about bomb squad actually they are playing at four this afternoon against Wales so I return much for them because they won again last week against Wales courtesy of that bomb squad as you can they won and they they have made 14 changes on the team and uh it was an outcry in Wales and saying that that's madarao how do you make 14 changes yes in the team last weekend it was closed but they matched up the winner but today they made a huge change they know the captain is not there it's here Kulisi yes the bongibonabe, the mappinbi, the Ches Colby, the Juru they are not there and today the captain is Pollard who is standing in but the only one player it's bet who is playing who played last weekend and now is playing today but actually when you look at the way the South African team it's not because most of those players went to URC champion finals and they played and when you look at the Evan Roo that was the the the player of the tournament yes yeah even even Roo's the the guy from Stomers in Cape Town yes and he's there he's playing number eight so it's a buzz of clinic and people question last weekend why why the coach was not involving him so the coach tell him to wait and now the guy is given a chance look at the the world player of the year Steven Stefti Adiot now he's playing today yes and he's there he's playing on the outside lose so so this uh they have a complete team uh wells wells wells should not take it lightly that South Africa the sprimbos have made 14 changes in the starting pool their pool is very large yeah the pool yeah they have a massive massive good players and what Niba is also doing is he's working he's using these players to prepare on the final squad that will take it you know they are defending champions yes they must have a very strong team to take next year uh for the World Cup in France parry can they defend that World Cup yeah it's possible when you look at the depths of uh the asen they have a huge depth and whenever they play you can see they manage the game in the field uh the breakdowns they are managing it well the set pieces perfect so uh until now sometimes who coach now sees whom do i choose now but now from this he had for two players now he's been using as we can to use now he's how he said this guy is wooden who are not involved last weekend he's given a chance this time so if they win this weekend might even complicate him uh but now that's a good preparation for the World Cup next year but they might be having more series to come yes yeah they're coming championship uh coming up against New Zealand Argentina the Fumas and Australia uh that's in August July August then they'll have the test matches against France England uh that is in um towards the end of the year that's some serious preparation for the spring books yeah sure yeah and then the final match today will be Argentina versus Scotland Argentina can go with that one but it's not a walk in the park yeah Scotland has been so erratic i don't know why but scotland has been a very stable union yes but the way they are playing then it's not the way the scotish play there yes probably i don't know probably when they messed up in the World Cup the other time 2015 uh but we cannot say they cannot come back i think they just they're preparing and they probably they are making changes and new guys are coming in also with the new coaches and they might play with but Argentina is come up well yes Argentina just was doing like what symbols symbols are doing in now in in southern Karikap they played in Karikap and when they won't Karikap now they are got involved now with the national team and that's why they joined the the championship tournament they have been and they have been consistent in the championship tournament and now Argentina is among the top 10 countries in the world yes so if simpas we maintain the Karikap tournament we get sponsors the sponsor these teams we maintain our our our presence in the in the in the Karikap we win the Karikap then now we move on to start up being in the involved in the league with the spring box yes i think now we'll be there our rugby will actually be changing so let's briefly recap of what will be happening tomorrow because it is the final of the rugby africa cup final between kenya and namibia and the winner is supposed to represent the their team in the rugby world cup 2023 where do you think we can win that much against namibia well we just need to slow them slow namibia i saw them they running the ball we try to our defense we just rush on the defense and we contain them we contain them both in the both in the backs and the forward then we'll be able to win this game we we had we had um uh some some lapses actually when we are defending the malls and that's where jere cup flies on unfit but you see now the malls were keeping them in the game and that's where we were not able to actually to stabilize we were not a bit stable in the malls so i think if the coach can be able to stabilize uh in the malls especially on the defense of the malls and uh we play so much on their quarters we'll be able to to win also on the lineouts uh just discipline try to minimize uh so that we don't give an opportunity uh to play the the mall the lineouts and the malls yes uh scrammages we need to contain uh we've been good i don't care when i was what the the the character yeah we've been very good uh sometimes uh issues come up uh probably you cannot be stable but i know when they go up and probably when they are going to the game they said we are perfect in the we are perfect in the lineout we are perfect in the mall we are perfect in the scrammages but now when they during the game they saw there's a problem yes but they have gone out to correct those mistakes so if they come up the coach has corrected the mistake i know sim bus will take this one well it's a big one there for sim bus tomorrow what time will be the game uh in the evening probably i'll i'll check for you the time before we are before we go over the end of the program yeah because the algerean was actually at night but the Ugandan was actually at four so when we get the timeline she'll be telling you when you can watch that game between sim bus and algere thanks a lot marimu for coming through thank you thank you all right thank you for inviting me that's so we come to the end of this segment let's enjoy a short break then enjoy some of the highlights of what is happening around the world when we come back we'll be talking more about the fund zone and what is happening in the transfers