Kenya placed in Pool D alongside South Africa, Spain and England in Dubai 7s

By Peter Mwaura 

The Kenya 7s team will play South Africa, England and Spain in Pool D of the first leg of the HSBC World 7s series set to be staged in Dubai from December 5th to 7th December 2019.

According to the pooling released by the world rugby governing body, reigning series champions Fiji will play Japan, France and Argentina in Pool A as USA square it out with Australia, Scotland and Ireland in Pool B. Defending Dubai 7s champions New Zealand will kick off their title defense with a match against Wales before taking on Samoa and Canada in other Pool C matches.

Kenya, South Africa and Spain will be using the safari 7s tournament to prepare for the 2019/2020 world 7s series.