Kenya Lionesses Thrash Argentina To Keep World Cup Hopes Alive

The Kenya Lionesses kept their hopes of a World Cup berth alive after beating Argentina 24-7 in the World Rugby Challenger Series in Chile on Saturday.

The national women’s sevens team will take on Japan in the World Rugby Challenger Series in Chile on Sunday and are now just two wins away from achieving the feat for the very first time.

They swept away the Argentines 24-7 in another emphatic performance in Santiago, making it four wins in four matches, a confidence boosting performance for the side.

The Lionesses took a 12-0 lead into the interval courtesy of tries from Christabel Lindo and Judith Auma with Grace Okulu adding a conversion.

A dominant second half saw the Lionesses add two more tries through Janet Okello and Lindo who managed her brace with Okulu slicing the posts one before the Argentines grabbed a converted consolation try from Marta Reding late on.

Japan progressed to the semis after a 31-0 victory over Belgium.

A day earlier, The Lionesses beat China 17-15 before whipping South Africa 31-5 to confirm their place in the Cup quarters.

Against China, the two teams tied 10-10 at the breather and each dotted down one try in the second half, but a conversion was the difference for the Kenyan ladies.

Against South Africa, the Lionesses meant business as they sunk in five tries, three of them converted to walk off with a superb 31-5 victory.

Adhiambo and Judith Okumu dotted down twice each while Okello added another for the massive victory.

-Additional reporting from Capital Sport