{"id":199680,"date":"2021-08-25T21:13:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/hard-fighting-kenyan-lionesses-fall-to-colombian-womens-rugby-team?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-08-25T21:13:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:13:08","slug":"hard-fighting-kenyan-lionesses-fall-to-colombian-womens-rugby-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/hard-fighting-kenyan-lionesses-fall-to-colombian-womens-rugby-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard fighting Kenyan Lionesses fall to Colombian Women&#8217;s Rugby Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/e90ca0407f0d733\/600\/418\" alt=\"Kenya Rugby Union (KRU)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A hard fighting Lionesses fell to a 16-15 home loss to Colombia at the Nyayo National Stadium on Wednesday, a result that ended their Rugby World Cup qualification hopes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It was a close contest, both sides giving as good as they got but it was Colombian winger Maria Alzuaga who opened the scoring with two penalties for a 6-0 lead. The Kenyans had lost captain Julie Nyambura to the sin bin.<\/p>\n<p>Alzuaga, who was voted man of the match went over the whitewash for an unconverted try, the South Americans leading 11-0 before Kenya number eight Leah Wambui benefitted from Bernadette Olesia&rsquo;s hard work to touch down with Grace Adhiambo converting on the stroke of half time for an 11-7 score.<\/p>\n<p>Adhiambo&rsquo;s second half penalty made it 11-10 before Janet Okello scored from a quick penalty as Kenya led 15-11.<\/p>\n<p>Yellow cards in quick succession to Wambui and Mitchelle Akinyi proved costly for the Lionesses who conceded a second try through Alzuaga.<\/p>\n<p>Late Kenyan pressure came to naught, Colombia elated at the end as they secured repechage qualification at the expense of the Lionesses.<\/p>\n<p>Relive the action here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bADKHQgCaBs\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3gxPvlE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Kenya Rugby Union (KRU).<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media contact:<\/strong><br \/>\nRugby@apo-opa.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/b1c3acf07ba1b7f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/b1c3acf07ba1b7f\" alt=\"Kenya Rugby Union (KRU)\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/b1c3acf07ba1b7f\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hard fighting Lionesses fell to a 16-15 home loss to Colombia at the Nyayo National Stadium on Wednesday, a result that ended their Rugby World Cup qualification hopes. 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