adminCape Town – The Kenyan rugby team to play in this year’s Vodacom Cup competition will officially be known as the Tusker Simba XV. The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Wednesday confirmed that Kenya will form part of the Vodacom Cup in the place of Argentina’s Pampas XV, who won the competition in 2011.
The Kenyans will play in the South Section of the competition and will be based in Cape Town. Their home ground for the duration of the Vodacom Cup will be confirmed later.
Each section, North and South, will consist of eight teams, who will play within their divisions in the group phase.
The quarter-finals will be cross-section, with the top two teams from each section hosting the third and fourth sides from the other section in the first knock-out round.
The Vodacom Cup kicks off on the weekend 7 and 8 March with the final scheduled for the weekend of 16/17 May.
Last year’s champions, the Golden Lions, will start their campaign in Potchefstroom against the Leopards XV, while the Simba XV’s first game is against the EP Kings. — Sport24
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