Kenya Cup: Oilers maintain perfect start with convincing win over Homeboyz

Last season's finalists Menengai Oilers fortified their title credentials by extending their 100% start to the season as they claimed another 37-22 bonus point victory against Homeboyz in a Kenya Cup clash staged at the Jamhuri Park.

The game was off to a feisty start with both teams looking to get an early foothold of the game with most of the action being centered around the midfield area.

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It is Oilers however who drew first blood as the menacing John Okoth received a pass from his own half and went on a lung bursting run leaving all the Homeboyz players in his wake to touch down for the first try of the game which was converted in the 11th minute.

Homeboyz however issue a quick riposte nine minutes later when Mohammed Omollo sold a dummy to the Oilers defense to cross the whitewash after some brilliant play from Amon Wamalwa but he could not convert they try with the game standing at 5-7.

With wind in their sails, the Deejays wasted no time in adding points on board from a penalty that resulted from one of the Oilers being off his feet on the ruck as Wamalwa split the sticks with the penalty for an slender 8-7 lead.

Oilers however applied pressure in the closing stages of the opening half and registered a try in the 34th minute when that man John Okoth powered into the try box with the conversion again successful as Gibson Weru's side went into the break with a 14-8 lead.

Oilers picked up from where they left from in the second half as they only needed seven minutes to register their third try of the game that came from a line out on the five meter line which resulted to a maul that was pushed into the try box for five pointer but Ominde missed the tricky conversion.

The Nakuru-based side were slowing firming their grip on the lead as they landed another try four minutes later when Davis Nyaundi completed a brilliant move that created an over load on the left flank for a simple try which Ominde converted for a 26-8 lead.

Homeboys were however not prepared to go down without a fight as they crossed the whitewash for second time through Mike Nyakundi who dummied two meters from the try box to touch down with Mohammed Omollo adding the extras.

The impressive John Okoth completed his hat-trick as he caught the Homeboyz defense napping with a quick tap but Ominde again failed to convert with the scoreboard reading 31-15.

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The see-saw second half saw Homeboyz land a other try through Stanley Isogol who used his lightening fast pace to race to the try box with Brian Juma nailing the conversion from a tight angle.

Ominde slotted a penalty in just inside the 22 meter line after one of the Homeboyz players was punished for not releasing the ball as he scored a second two minutes later to ensure the game ended 37-22.

KENYA CUP COLLATED RESULTS

KCB RFC 45-10 Nakuru RFC

Menengai Oilers 37-22 Homeboyz RFC

Kenya Harlequins 45-20 Mean Machine

Catholic Monks 24-23 Mwamba RFC

Kabras RFC 21-0 MMUST RFC