Daystar Falcons beat Mean Machine 10-5 on Sunday 18 August at the Nakuru Athletics Club to be crowned the new Prinsloo 7s Division II Champions during the fourth leg of the Stanbic Bank National Sevens Circuit.
Two unconverted tries from Cedric Oronje and Junior Onyango delivered the win, and an express ticket to Division 1 rugby at Christie 7s, the fifth and penultimate leg of Stanbic 7s to be held on 15-16 September, 2019.
Admin Police placed fifth
For a place in the Cup final Daystar Falcons stopped Shamas Rugby Foundation 22-19 as Mean Machine dethroned last years champions Kisii RFC in the semis.
A hat trick of tries from Sylvester Miheso and one more from Levis Lucen saw the Falcons fly above a tough Shamas lot. John Oliele converted one of the four tries.
Outgoing champions Kisii RFC settled for bronze after seeing off Shamas Rugby Foundation 17-12 in the losers final.
A fit Admin Police blasted Catholic Monks 14-0 with two converted tries to take home the 5th place final as Kisumu RFC survived a game of nerves to beat Kiambu 12-10 to lift the Challenge Trophy.
Ukunda's South Coast Pirates overcame KCA 17-12 to lift the Spear Trophy.
Selected results
Finals
Cup: Daystar Falcons 10 Mean Machine 5
Bronze: Shamas Rugby Foundation 12 Kisii RFC 17
5th place: Admin Police 14 Catholic Monks 0
Challenge Trophy: Kisumu RFC 12 Kiambu 10
Spear: SC Pirate 17 KCA 12
Cup semis
Daystar Falcons 22 Shamas Rugby Foundation 19
Mean Machine 10 Kisii RFC 5
5th place semis
Admin Police 17 Nakuru II 5
Vihiga Granites 0 Catholic Monks 26
Challenge Trophy semis
Kisumu RFC 26 Embu 14
Kiambu 15 Makueni 7
Spear semis
Nakuru KITI 10 KCA 17
Molo 10 SC Pirates 24
Cup quarterfinals
QF1: Admin Police 12 Daystar Falcons 14
QF2: Nakuru II 10 Shamas Rugby Foundation 17
QF3: Vihiga Granites 12 Kisii RFC 19
QF4: Mean Machine 33 Catholic Monks 10
Challenge Trophy quarterfinals
QF1: Kisumu 19 CITAM Kisumu 14
QF2: Stingers 26 Embu 31
QF3: Bungoma 12 Kiambu 26
QF4: Makueni 24 UoE 0
Spear Quarterfinals
QF1: Nakuru KITI 24 Siaya 0
QF2: KCA 36 TUK 7
QF3: Malindi 0 Molo 10
QF4: SC Pirates 19 Stormers 0
Day 1 results - Sat 17 Aug, 2019
Stingers 24 - CITAM Kisumu 05
Mean Machine 26 - Malindi 05
Kisii 17 - KCA 5
Kisumu 10 - Pirates 7
Monks 38 - Stormers 0
Vihiga 33 - Nakuru KITI 5
Shamas 19 - Embu 5
Daystar 36 - TUK 10
Bungoma 12 - UoE 7
AP 24 - Siaya 0
Molo 12 - Nakuru II 17
Makueni 17 - Kiambu 14
Stingers 24 - Malindi 10
Machine 12 - CITAM Kisumu 7
Kisii 26 - SC Pirates 7
Kisumu 26 - KCA 12
Catholic Monks 14 - Nakuru KITI 12
Vihiga 19 - Stormers 12
Shamas 19 - TUK 5
Daystar 26 - Embu 21
Bungoma 24 - Siaya 00
AP 24 - UoE 7
Molo 5 - Kiambu 31
Makueni 14 - Nakuru II 31
CITAM Kisumu 24 - Malindi 5
Mean Machine 34 - Stingers 0
KCA 21 - SC Pirates 24
Kisumu 17 - Kisii 21
Stormers 0 - Nakuru KITI 24
Vihiga 7 - Catholic Monks 5
Embu 31 - TUK 7
Daystar 12 - Shamas 17
UoE 24 - Siaya 0
AP 36 - Bungoma 5
Nakuru II 22 - Kiambu 7
Makueni 17 - Molo 0
Prinsloo 7s Div II Pools
Pool A: Mean Machine, Stingers, Citam Kisumu, Malindi RFC
Pool B: Kisumu RFC, Kisii RFC, KCA, South Coast Pirates
Pool C: Vihiga Granites, Catholic Monks, KCAA Stormers, Nakuru KITI
Pool D: Daystar Falcons, Shamas Rugby Foundation, Embu, TUK
Pool E: Administration Police, Bungoma RFC, Eldoret, Siaya
Pool F: Makueni RFC, Molo, Masaku, Kiambu RFC