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Main cup final Samoa 31 Samurai 12 Plate cup final PICTURE BY MPALANYI SSENTONGO Auckland 29 Zimbabwe 12 Bowl cup final Cocky assistant coach Mayanja leads team Bristol 14 Belmont 17 Shield final 31 Rwanda 0

By NORMAN KATENDE Mawejje, Musa Mudde, Samoa roared to a 31-12 vic- LG FOUR NATIONS Vincent Kayizzi, Moses Oloya, tory over Samurai to win the National assistant coach Mike Mutyaba, Mike Sseruma- prestigious Safaricom sevens Jackson Mayanja is confident Participating teams ga, Godfrey Walusimbi, rugby tournament in that The Cranes will put up a ˆUganda Brian Umony, Patrick yesterday. great performance focused on ˆCameroon Ochan, Hamisi Ki- Levi Asi notched two tries as winning the LG Cup. ˆMorocco iza, Emma Okwi Samoa raced to a quick 10-0 The team departs today for ˆSudan and Alex before Sani Niue and Fale Morocco to compete in the Kakuba. Sooalo added one each with LG four-nation tournament Patrick Faapale making two that starts November 11 in said Mayanja, who has been conversions to end the first Marrakech. handling the team in the half 26-0. The tournament that in- absence of national coach In the second half Samurai cludes Cameroon, Sudan and Bobby Williamson, who is on dug in and got a try to take Morocco has a cash prize of $ holiday in Scotland. William- the score to 26-5 but their 60.000 (sh168m) at stake for son is expected to join the hopes was erased by the the winner. The other teams team in Morocco like other charged Samoans who added will win $30,000, $20,000 and foreign based players. a try by Taulagi Afamiasaga. $10,000 in ascending order. Geoffrey Massa on Friday Samurai fought back and After the Cranes’ training at pulled out of the Uganda got another try for a final Namboole, which also saw the squad due to an injury, join- score of 31-12. Kenya who arrival of goalkeeper Dennis ing Andy Mwesigwa, who had had won the title for the last Onyango from South Africa opted out earlier. In last year’s two years lost grip against and strikers Emmanuel Okwi edition, Uganda lost to Egypt Samurai that whipped them and Hamisi “Diego” Kizza in the final. 29-14 in the semi finals while from Tanzania, Mayanja said The Squad: Abel Dhaira, Samoa saw off the Emerging that the players’ fitness was Dennis Onyango, Sime- Boks 19-10. perfect. For the time being, he on Masaba, Meanwhile, Uganda put said, we are concentrating on Dennis up a spirited fight to whip the mental preparedness of Guma, Rwanda 31-0 in the shield the players. Henry final.James Mugwanya scored “Mental strength is one of Kalungi, two tries while Joel Anguyo, the key requirements that we Isaac Jasper Ochen, Andrew Olwe- need and after these three Isinde, nyi got one each. Benon Kiiza day’s training, I can confident- Hassan had three conversions. ly say that the players have Was- Uganda’s Hana Mixed won the focus and right attitude,” swa, Tony the schools category while The Lady Rugby Cranes lost Onyango (right) joined at the weekend to Kenya 7-5 in the final.

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