Tries will always give the team points to win a rugby match, but the extras off the boots of the team’s best kickers goes a long away to give the team those additional points.
Scrumhalf Kevin Makmot was Rugby Cranes’ primary kicker going into the Rugby Africa Tier 1B Tournament that Uganda won to gain promotion to Tier 1A.
The Easy Money Rhinos player kicked a total of 12 conversions and six penalties in three matches and was successful on 14 occasions.
All I can say is that 95% of that is hard work, because I put in a lot of effort to perfect my kicks, in the morning I kick like 150 from different angles and in the evening I will again kick another 70-80.
In the game against Ivory Coast, Makmot was successful six times out of seven, converting thrice and scoring three penalties missing only once as Uganda won the game 45-11. The 35-11 win over Mauritius had him convert twice and score one penalty out of two.
Out of the 59 points Uganda managed against Botswana in their last game of the qualifiers Makmot had 10 — all conversions, faltering just twice on Justin Kimono and Scot Olouch’s first tries.
