Only one of Uganda’s three teams at the 2024 Safari 7s returned from Machakos, Kenya with some silverware. The senior women’s national team, champions at the previous edition in 2023, won the bronze medal match.
They beat Shogun Women (former Samurai) by 25-00 points, wrapping up the three-day tournament with five wins and two losses from seven matches.
- Match 1: Shogun 05-20 Uganda
- Match 2: Kenya Cubs 00-34 Uganda
- Match 3: Uganda 15-05 Emerging Uganda
- Match 4: Uganda 22-19 Kenya Lionesses
- Match 5: Costa Blanca Barbarians 12-10 Uganda
- Cup Semifinal: Kenya Lionesses 15-14 Uganda
- Bronze Medal Match: Uganda 25-00 Shogun
Their second-string “Emerging” side lost the fifth-place playoff match, 07-05, to Kenya Cubs.
- Match 1: Emerging Uganda 00-41 Kenya Lionesses
- Match 2: Costa Blanca Barbarians 36-00 Emerging Uganda
- Match 3: Uganda 15-05 Emerging Uganda
- Match 4: Emerging Uganda 07-05 Kenya Cubs
- Match 5: Shogun 19-00 Emerging Uganda
- Fifth-place Playoff: Emerging Uganda 05-07 Kenya Cubs
Uganda Women’s next tournament is the 2024 women’s Rugby Africa 7s, which will be played from November 9-10 in Accra, Ghana.
On the other hand, the men’s team, dubbed “Emerging Uganda”, laboured through the tournament. They dropped from a bronze medal at the previous edition to losing the fifth-place playoff match.
- Match 1: Kenya Harlequin 10-07 Uganda
- Match 2: Shogun 12-07 Uganda
- Match 3: Uganda 19-14 Red Wailers
- Match 4: Uganda 00-14 Kenya Morans
- Cup Quarterfinal: Kenya Shujaa 27-12 Uganda
- Fifth-place Semifinal: Lions 15-12 Uganda
Uganda Men await confirmation from World Rugby and Rugby Africa to know what their 2025 international calendar will look like.
Amidst unsurprisingly low turnout at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos County and fewer participating teams, the 2024 Safari 7s was won by Costa Blanca Barbarians (women) and Kenya Shujaa (men).
