The top performers from the 2023 Nile Special Sevens season

RUGBY 7s The top performers from the 2023 Nile Special Sevens season

Fred Mwambu 17:31 - 04.09.2023

Stanbic Black Pirates left Jinja with a double reason to smile after winning the Kyabazinga Sevens and the 2023 Nile Special title.

Pirates’ sisters Black Pearls matched their counterparts by emerging champion of the women’s edition.

Warriors and Avengers won the Challenger Cup titles.

In the individual categories, Christine Akwedde (Thunderbirds) and Vincent Okello (Buffaloes) won the most valuable players’ gongs of the circuit while Lawrence Ssebuliba and Sarah Kirabo (Avengers) won the overall award.

Emily Lekuru (16) and Ssebuliba (12) scored the highest number of tries in Bugembe as the former and Walukuba Barbarians’ Ivan Bulima walked with the overall prize with 49 and 41 tries, respectively.

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