{"id":343304,"date":"2011-03-28T03:57:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T03:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/kenya-ayimba-blames-his-men-as-mighty-fiji-flogging-drops-them-to-shield\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T03:57:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T03:57:47","slug":"kenya-ayimba-blames-his-men-as-mighty-fiji-flogging-drops-them-to-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/kenya-ayimba-blames-his-men-as-mighty-fiji-flogging-drops-them-to-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Ayimba Blames His Men As Mighty Fiji Flogging Drops Them to Shield"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"69.240131578947\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Ayumba Ayodi and Dennis Okeyo<\/p>\n<p>26 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Head coach Benjamin Ayimba laid it on the players for their lucklustre show at the Hong Kong Sevens on Saturday as his team dropped to the colourless Shield.<\/p>\n<p>After a stunning 5-22 loss to Russia on Friday punctuated by poor tackling and ball handling, Kenya struggled to beat Malaysia 45-12 on Saturday as William &#8220;Lomu&#8221; Ambaka scored his debut try in the series while Collins Injera added two more to his career tally of 108.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyans later crashed 40-0 to former world champions Fiji.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had done our best as a technical bench; the players should take the responsibility and tells us what is wrong,&#8221; Ayimba after losing to Fiji.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Players and fans are dejected&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Skipper Humphrey Kayange was lost for words, saying: &#8220;Individual errors are costing us the points, everything is not going through for us at the moment, all the players are dejected, just as the fans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kayange&#8217;s charges will again face off with Malaysia in the Shield quarter-final, which has no points at stake, on the final day on Sunday at 4am.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya has blown hot and cold this season: They did not score points at Dubai and George but raked in 12 from Wellington and Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong has over the years been a good hunting ground for Kenya, having reached the Cup quarters in the past two seasons with a 2008\/2009 Cup semis loss to Fiji and a 2009\/2010 Plate semis defeat to South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Many had hoped Kenya would cruise to the main Cup quarters with easy wins over Russia and Malaysia but they found themselves on the back foot when Isoa Turuva faield to convert a try.<\/p>\n<p>Injera struck a brace of tries as Sidney Ashioya added one and Biko Adema converted two. The Malaysian&#8217;s pressure forced Kenya into missed tackles as Nik Safuanismade crossed the line.<\/p>\n<p>Turuva converted but Kenya led 19-12 at intervals. Kenya were to score four more tries through Kayange, Adema and substitutes Ambaka and Horace Otieno before Adema converted three to put away the match.<\/p>\n<p>Pool D winners Fiji strolled into the Cup quarters when Emosi Vucago scored two of their six tries, joining Russia, Portugal, New Zealand, England, Samoa, South Africa and Australia.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103280175.html\" title=\"Kenya: Ayimba Blames His Men As Mighty Fiji Flogging Drops Them to Shield\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenya: Ayimba Blames His Men As Mighty Fiji Flogging Drops Them to Shield<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ayumba Ayodi and Dennis Okeyo 26 March 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Head coach Benjamin Ayimba laid it on the players for their lucklustre show at the Hong Kong Sevens on Saturday as his team dropped to the colourless Shield. After a stunning 5-22 loss to Russia on Friday punctuated by poor tackling and ball handling, Kenya struggled to beat Malaysia 45-12 on Saturday as William &#8220;Lomu&#8221; Ambaka scored his debut try in the series while Collins Injera added two more to his career tally of 108. The Kenyans later crashed 40-0 to former world champions Fiji. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya: Ayimba Blames His Men As Mighty Fiji Flogging Drops Them to Shield - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/kenya-ayimba-blames-his-men-as-mighty-fiji-flogging-drops-them-to-shield\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kenya: Ayimba Blames His Men As Mighty Fiji Flogging Drops Them to Shield - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ayumba Ayodi and Dennis Okeyo 26 March 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Head coach Benjamin Ayimba laid it on the players for their lucklustre show at the Hong Kong Sevens on Saturday as his team dropped to the colourless Shield. 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