By Kadugala
Thee Uganda Rugby Sevens Team have taken down Germany by 19-12 to be crowned Bowl Champions at the 2022 Rugby WorldCup Sevens in Cape Town South Africa.
Germany who dominate this fixture winning in as many as Six ought to keenly know the day’s mission with a fine tuned start witnessed by gigantic Anton Gleitze try and Fabian Heimpel adding two points from Conversion.
This seemed a call to wake up the boys from the pearl who rallied from the backline with sweet passing to let Phillip Wokorach level up matters towards the the end of the First Half.
In the second Stanza,team Captain Michael Wokorach solely stood to hand Uganda a 5-point lead before hardworking Ian Munyani added another in the last Minutes of the game.
Uganda who poorly started the edition after losing against Samoa with 26 points in the Pre-Round of 16 will smile on return to Kampala sitting 17th from 24 Countries,two positions better than their last World Cup appearance in San Francisco 2018.
In the journey to the Championship, Uganda Rugby Sevens convincingly beat South Korea 12-0 setting a tough semi final against Hong Kong.
In that Semi final,Hong Kong could miserably stop Uganda’s hopes but Super substitution Norbert Okeny will be remembered for the great trekking to help Uganda win 14-5 to match up against fallen Germany.
To Coach Tolbert Onyango and the Uganda Rugby Union who were branded underdogs and took this stage monumental,this success will aid in probably questing for better developmental stages.
