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| Union | Uganda Rugby Football Union | |||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Rugby Cranes | |||||||||||||
| Coach | Yayiro Kasasa | |||||||||||||
| Captain | Peter Magona | |||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Allan Musoke | |||||||||||||
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| First international | ||||||||||||||
Uganda  11 -21  Kenya(24 May 1958) |
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| Largest win | ||||||||||||||
Burundi  0 - 100  Uganda(11 September 2003) |
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| Worst defeat | ||||||||||||||
Namibia  82-31 Uganda(31 August 2003) |
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The Uganda national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Uganda, representing them at rugby union. Rugby union was introduced by the British during colonial rule and Uganda have been playing rugby since the late 1950s, playing their first international against Kenya in 1958. They have not yet qualified for the Rugby World Cup.
They were currently ranked at 31 in the IRB world rankings[1] in August 2008.
Uganda compete annually against Kenya in the Elgon Cup.
The Rugby Cranes are the reigning CAR champions and are seen as having chances to qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup finals.
Current Squad
Below is the Uganda Rugby Football Union current national team as at 2008.
- John Musoke (Cente Rhinos)
- Allan Musoke (UTL Kobs)
- Timothy Mudoola (UTL Kobs)
- Tony Lugya (UTL Kobs)
- Dennis Etuket (G4S Pirates)
- Edmond Tumusiime (UTL Kobs)
- Anthony Kinene (G4S Pirates)
- Adrian Bukenya (UTL Kobs)
- Mathias Ochwo (MTN Heathens)
- Robert Seguya (MTN Heathens)
- Moses Soita (G4S Pirates)
- Victor Wadia (UTL Kobs)
- Kenneth Mutabaruka (UTL Kobs)
- Alexander Mubiru(MTN Heathens)
- Ronald Adigasi(Entebbe Mongers)
Replacements:
- Solomon Mawanda (G4S Pirates)
- Bobby Bibangamba (G4S Pirates)
- Eric Butime (G4S Pirates)
- Drake Muyodi (G4S Pirates)
- Joel Kimuli (G4S Pirates)
- Phillip Karumuna(G4S Pirates)
- 22 Bishop Onen (MTN Heathens)
External links
- Uganda Rugby Football Union - Official Site
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