Mwanja 'quietly confident' Lionesses will take Africa Women’s Cup by storm

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RUGBY Mwanja 'quietly confident' Lionesses will take Africa Women’s Cup by storm

Mark Kinyanjui 20:56 - 15.05.2023

The women's national rugby 15s side will be taking on Madagascar, South Africa and Burkina Faso.

Kenya Lionesses head coach Dennis Mwanja has revealed that he is quietly optimistic and confident that his charges will do well at the upcoming Rugby Africa Women's Cup slated for 18-29 May in Madagascar.

“We are quietly confident as we look at a bright future for the lionesses. We want to claim our spot at the top level of women’s rugby,” Mwanja said.

“For so long we have fallen short, For so long, we have been almost there, we have our work cut out. We have picked a team full of youth and experience with the cornerstone being discipline, and commitment.

“We believe in players with the right attitude to play because it is attitude over skills whereby we looked at wholesome athletes and this is a team that is going to carry the mantle for Kenya.

“It's a competition where we picked the best in that particular position and based it on consistency as we continue training.

The Lionesses qualified for the 2023 Rugby Africa Women’s Cup Championship after finishing top in the Pool B qualifiers that concluded in Kampala, Uganda last November.

They will be playing Pool “A” winners South Africa, Madagascar, who won Pool “C” and Pool “D” winners Burkina Faso in the Championship in Madagascar.

The Championship will be used as an African qualifier for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup