After Justin Kimono pulling his hamstring on Wednesday evening, Buffaloes winger Solomon Okia has been called up to replace him in Saturday’s clash with Tunisia.
Okia, who had not made the match day squad, will now take a place on the bench while Ivan Magomu returns to the starting lineup.
Okia made his debut for the Rugby Cranes in 2014 and put up a man of the match show at Kyadondo but has since fallen down the pecking order with James Odong and Lawrence Sebuliba cementing the wing places on the team.
He will, however, wait to be called upon from the bench in case any of the two starting wingers needs a breather.
Sebuliba and Odong have both been involved in all the three games played by the team thus far and remain mainstays in the campaign.
After Kimono’s injury, Odong had been named at full back with the former given the blind wing duties.
The injury meant a change in the lineup with Philip Wokorach and Odong taking their respective places on the team to accommodate Ivan Magomu at fly half.
Okia joins Joseph Tamale, Santos Senteza and Mike Otto as the only players yet to feature for the Cranes this year.