Rugby: Kenya Simbas edge South Africa's Leopards to bag second Currie Cup win
Kenya Simbas registered their second win of the Carling Currie Cup first division after defeating South Africas North West Leopards 51-35 at RFUEA grounds on Saturday.
Darwin Mukidza, Derrick Ashiundu, Vincent Onyala, Thomas Okeyo, Dominic Culson, Beldad Ogeta and Eugene Sifuna went over for the Simbas with Mukidza and Matoka Matoka adding the extras.
Led by captain Dan Sikuta, the Simbas, who had only won one match in their previous six matches played in South Africa were in a class of their own as they scored seven tries in the victory.
In the final half, KCB’s Vincent Onyala stretched the scores to 32-14 after landing Simba’s fourth try of the match that Mukidza converted.
The South Africans responded with a try of their own before Beldad Ogeta made it 37-21 with an unconverted try off Mukidza’s assist.
Eugene Sifuna and Thomas Okeyo came off the bench to seal the win with late tries converted by Strathmore Leos’s Matoka Matoka.
Mukidza finished with a game high 17 points in the win as head coach Paul Odera congratulated the team.
