{"id":206478,"date":"2021-10-27T15:51:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T13:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/shujaa-top-seeds-for-this-years-safari-sevens?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-10-27T15:51:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T13:51:53","slug":"shujaa-top-seeds-for-this-years-safari-sevens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/shujaa-top-seeds-for-this-years-safari-sevens\/","title":{"rendered":"Shujaa Top Seeds for this Year&#8217;s Safari Sevens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/31e727998b853e4\/600\/418\" alt=\"Kenya Rugby Union (KRU)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Kenyan side, Shujaa are top seeds for this year&rsquo;s Safari Sevens which kicks off at the Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday 30 October 2021. They have drawn in Pool A alongside Zimbabwe, Germany and Nigerian side Stallion 7s.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Two time winners Samurai headline Pool B which also comprises SA All Stars 7s Academy, Red Wailers and Chipu 7s while Spain, defending champions Morans, Uganda and KCB make up Pool C.<\/p>\n<p>The top two sides from each pool as well as the best two third placed finishers will advance to the cup quarter finals on Sunday as they seek to lay their hands on the overall title.<\/p>\n<p>The women&rsquo;s tournament has attracted five teams and will be played on a round robin basis. Kenya will field two teams with Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa&rsquo;s Titans Rugby Academy rounding off the field.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Safari Sevens Pools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pool A: Shujaa, Zimbabwe, Germany, Stallion 7s<\/p>\n<p>Pool B: Samurai, SA All Stars 7s Academy, Red Wailers, Chipu 7s<\/p>\n<p>Pool C: Spain, Morans, Uganda, KCB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kenya Lioness I, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Titans Rugby Academy, Kenya Lionesses II<\/p>\n<p>Download the tournament pool and order of play on this link&nbsp;https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BmBC1f<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Kenya Rugby Union (KRU).<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Rugby@apo-opa.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rugby@apo-opa.com<\/a><\/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>Kenyan side, Shujaa are top seeds for this year&rsquo;s Safari Sevens which kicks off at the Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday 30 October 2021. They have drawn in Pool A alongside Zimbabwe, Germany and Nigerian side Stallion 7s. Two time winners Samurai headline Pool B which also comprises SA All Stars 7s Academy, Red Wailers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-206478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/shujaa-top-seeds-for-this-years-safari-sevens.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}