Andrew Amonde: KCB still in a process of getting ready for Kenya Cup despite winning record 10th floodies title

RUGBY Andrew Amonde: KCB still in a process of getting ready for Kenya Cup despite winning record 10th floodies title

Mark Kinyanjui 06:31 - 02.11.2023

The former Shujaa Sevens captain believes that the side still has a long way to go before it is ready for the Kenya Cup despite winning a record 10th floodies title.

KCB RFC coach Andrew Amonde has revealed that the team is still in the “process” of being ready for the Kenya Cup despite storming to a record 10th Impala Floodlit title in what was a scrappy win over newly-promoted Nondies.

The Bankers edged Nondies 25-23 in extra time in a game that had to be decided by tight margins as they took advantage of Nondies’ lack of discipline and Darwin Mukidza’s excellent kicking ability to give them the title.

Amonde, who also aimed a dig at Nondies by saying they used their fringe players to beat the “strongest” side the Championship winners had at their disposal, has expressed satisfaction at the fact he was able to know where the team stands from a depth perspective ahead of a grueling next few months of Kenya Cup action.

“I think we are still building up, this was a big match for us to see how good we can be as a team,” Amonde told Pulse Sports.

“We still have a few weeks just to prepare our team. We will be able to build ourselves to play the long period of the Kenya Cup, so there is still time and it is just a process for us.

“We are lining everything according to what we want to achieve this season and see how good we can be when the D-day comes because these are build-up matches for everybody to just gauge everybody who has come back from the off-season.”

Asked what winning a record 10th title meant for his charges, Amonde downplayed the setting of the milestone and instead insisted that the tournament was an opportunity to give his squad players a chance to show what they can do as well as to test out new tactics.

“It is a good tournament for us because we usually use it just to gauge ourselves and to give the young guys an opportunity to also just have a chance of playing.

“We have exposed a lot of guys. We have seen the guys we were able to bring to the system so the tournament lived up to what we expected for us to be able to build for the future.”

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