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Chipu provisional squad for Barthes Cup named
Reading Time: 2min | Tue. 22.03.22. | 20:25
The squad will be whittled down before the tournament kicks off in April
Kenya national men’s under 20 rugby side, Chipu head coach Curtis Olago has named a 37-man provincial squad that will be out to defend the Barthes Cup clinched back in 2021.
The tournament is set to kick off from Saturday 9 April to Sunday 17 April and is set to feature eight nations in the name of Namibia, Zambia, Uganda, Tunisia, Madagascar, Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe.
Chipu Head Coach Curtis Olago names 37 man training squad ahead of next month's title defense at the #U20BarthesNairobi pic.twitter.com/pn1h3uI0pG
— Kenya Rugby (@OfficialKRU) March 22, 2022
Top Fry Nakuru full-back Samuel Mwaura has earned a call up to the side as his opposite number at Impala Saracens Anderson Oduor who was in action in the Mwamba Cup last weekend.
A number of players from lower tiers of rugby have also earned a call up including Comras’ Brain Otieno, Mathias Osimbo who turns out for Sigalagala with a number of High School students also getting the nod.
Chipu edged Madagascar 21-20 in the 2021 Barthes Cup final to retain the title they won back in 2019 with the 2020 edition failing to kick-off due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chipu Provisional Squad for Barthes Cup
Anthony Dimba, Stanislaus Shikholi, Joseph Ayiro, Raymond Chacha (Strathmore Leos), Mathias Osimbo (Sigalagala), Cornelius Mokoro, Wilhite Mususi, Vincent Omondi, Patrick Nyaga, (Kenya Harlequin), Pesian Elvis Kolian, Roy Mulievi, Tyson Juma Maina, Tony Owino Oketch (Menengai Oilers), Charles Odhiambo Omoro (Nondescripts), Samuel Mwaura (Topfry Nakuru), Felix Chacha (Mwamba), Paywick Munoko (Masinde Muliro), Bill Abuom, Brian Makaya (Mean Machine), David Mwangi (Laiser Hill Academy), John Baraka (Kabras Sugar), Gilbert Ogutu, Craig Odhiambo, Anderson Oduor (Resolution Impala Saracens), Solomon Maleu, Allan Zaddock, Malvin Nganga (Homeboyz), Laban Kipsang (Eldoret), Augustine Owino, Meshack Ochieng, Randy Odhiambo, Emmanuel Opondo (Daystar Falcons), Brian Otieno (Comras), ldd Gaguma, Adnan Juma (South Coast Pirates), Nicholas Otieno Okullo (Blak Blad).
