Kabras Sugar, Champions KCB Maintain Top Status As Kenya Cup Resumes

NAIROBI, Kenya- Kabras Sugar RFC maintained their lead at the top of the Kenya Cup standings after an astounding 38-0 victory away to Top Fry Nakuru RFC last Saturday.

The sugar millers have 45 points at the summit, one more than second place Kenya Commercial Bank RFC (KCB) who mauled Kenyatta University’s Blak Blad RFC 81-10 at the KCB Sports Club in Ruaraka.

The top two teams combined for a total of 119 points against their opponents as the top tier Kenya Cup league resumed with a bang.

A 32-22 home win for Homeboyz over visiting Resolution Impala Saracens saw the deejays maintain third place on the log with 39 points, nine clear of the Saracens who stayed fourth on the log despite the defeat at Jamhuri Park.

Menengai Oilers, who are playing their second season in the big league, overpowered Stanbic Mwamba at the Moi Showground in Nakuru.

The 30-14 victory saw them climb to fifth on the log with 29 points to remain well within the playoff slots.

The 2012/13 and 2013/14 champions Top Fry Nakuru’s massive home loss saw them drop to sixth on the log, occupying the final playoff spot with 25 points.

Seventh-place Stanbic Mwamba RFC have 24 points and are four clear of eighth placed Nondescripts

Harlequin’s recorded a third win of the season with a 45-15 result at home to Kisumu at the RFUEA Ground to move them further away from the relegation zone, swapping places with Western Bulls who lost 10-41 at home to Nondescripts.

Blak Blad who are struggling with eight points and Kisumu with five, were again winless this past weekend and are entrenched in the relegation zone with six rounds of regular season action still left to play.

Strathmore Leos and Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) maintained their push for home semifinal qualification as they both breached the 30 point barrier in fixtures against their opponents on Saturday 11 January 2020.

Runaway leaders Strathmore Leos subjected visiting Egerton Wasps to a 36-7 defeat in Madaraka to make it 10 wins from 10 outings.

They top the second tier KRU Championship log with 48 points, eight clear of MMUST who won on the road, defeating Mombasa 33-3 at the Mombasa Sports Club.

Third placed Mean Machine took their points tally to 31 after stopping Eldoret 33-12 at the University of Nairobi while Northern Suburbs fairytale run continued as the 25-16 win over the University of Eldoret Trojans returned them to fourth place on the log with 24 points.

The USIU Martials also stayed within the playoff berths with a 27-15 win away to the Catholic Monks, a result that sees them occupy fifth place on the log, level on 22 points with South Coast Pirates who were the beneficiaries of a 28-0 walkover following Kisii’s non-appearance.

Egerton Wasps and Eldoret dropped to seventh and eighth respectively, level on 18 points with the Catholic Monks sitting ninth on 17 points, two clear of tenth placed University of Eldoret Trojans.

Former Enterprise Cup champions Mombasa (13 points) and Kisii (0 points) occupy the bottom two slots.