Sunday 21st September: charlotte woke me up early in the morning to ask if she could borrow my spare head gear. I did not have the heart to tell her that she was not going to play. connie had said her concussion was severe and she needed at least 3 weeks and possibly longer before she resumed playing. I gave her the head gear and went back to sleep. She came back later wearing the head gear and asked me to strap her ankle. I got tape from connie and strapped her ankle. We were told not to tell charlotte that she was not going to play. connie said she would find the right moment to break the news to her. charlotte spent the whole morning wearing the head gear so that she could get used to it. It was sadly comical.
We left the hotel at 12.30 and instead of going to kyadondo rugby club we went to kampala rugby club to warm up away from the distractions of the home crowd and our Tunisian opponents. At 2.30 we arrived at kyadondo rugby club: our game was at 3. by the time we (in red) got onto pitch for our semifinal we knew that we were going to win. In attack, I still had to play at fly half while winnie and kayonjo kept alternating between centre and wing. In defence, kayonjo would go to flyhalf, winnie to centre while I would got to the wing to neutralise the dangerous Tunisian winger. Our plan worked and we held the Tunisians (in white) in their half for the first half. We scored a try through Christine that I converted for us to take the 07 - 00 lead. Once again we wasted try scoring opportunities but we put in big tackles and it reached a point that the Tunisians did not want to be caught with possession and their winger was unable to penetrate our defence. Even after Brenda was sent off in the second half they were unable to capitalise on their advantage. When the referee blew the final whistle, the pitch was invaded by ecstatic Ugandans. Players were lifted shoulder high and it took 10 minutes for the tournament organisers to clear the pitch so the other games could go on. We had made history: our hard work had paid off and we were going to dubai.
We played the final against south Africa and although we had thrown everything we had into the game against Tunisia we still put up a good fight against our southern opponents. we turned over almost all the south African scrums but did not use our chances effectively. Even after one of the south Africans was sin binned we still failed to score. The south Africans on the other hand maximised on their chances and scored 2 tries in each half. The final score was 24 – 00.
We left the hotel at 12.30 and instead of going to kyadondo rugby club we went to kampala rugby club to warm up away from the distractions of the home crowd and our Tunisian opponents. At 2.30 we arrived at kyadondo rugby club: our game was at 3. by the time we (in red) got onto pitch for our semifinal we knew that we were going to win. In attack, I still had to play at fly half while winnie and kayonjo kept alternating between centre and wing. In defence, kayonjo would go to flyhalf, winnie to centre while I would got to the wing to neutralise the dangerous Tunisian winger. Our plan worked and we held the Tunisians (in white) in their half for the first half. We scored a try through Christine that I converted for us to take the 07 - 00 lead. Once again we wasted try scoring opportunities but we put in big tackles and it reached a point that the Tunisians did not want to be caught with possession and their winger was unable to penetrate our defence. Even after Brenda was sent off in the second half they were unable to capitalise on their advantage. When the referee blew the final whistle, the pitch was invaded by ecstatic Ugandans. Players were lifted shoulder high and it took 10 minutes for the tournament organisers to clear the pitch so the other games could go on. We had made history: our hard work had paid off and we were going to dubai.
We played the final against south Africa and although we had thrown everything we had into the game against Tunisia we still put up a good fight against our southern opponents. we turned over almost all the south African scrums but did not use our chances effectively. Even after one of the south Africans was sin binned we still failed to score. The south Africans on the other hand maximised on their chances and scored 2 tries in each half. The final score was 24 – 00.
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