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| The Shell Rimula Rhinos' poster for their opening game against Stanbic Black Pirates. The game was meant to be hosted by Rhinos at Legends but was moved to the Kings Park due to unavoidable circumstances. |
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| The Stanbic Black Pirates poster for their game against Shell Rimula Rhinos at the Kings Park Arena. |
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| The Stanbic Black Pirates Squad for the 2019/20 Rugby Premier League. |
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| Let us all keep our eyes on the prize. Each team must keep its focus, train hardest, remain teachable, all teams need to have their A game and give their very best EVERY TIME. | God gives us all these blessings but He is counting on us to Manage this season 2019 to 2020 well and play good rugby enjoy the campaign guys. |
Other teams will surely throw as many spanners as is possible into the plans of these old rivals; Heathens and Kobs. Saturday will have different venues hosting the other games. Week number one games will see the returning Makerere Impis hosted by Warriors at 2:30 at the Kings Park in a change which was forced due to the unavailability of the Legends grounds. This will be after the Central league match slated for 12:30pm between Kifaru and Sailors. The Kifarus are the Shell Rimula Rhinos junior side as Sailors are to the Stanbic Black Pirates.
The Warriors seem they got a bit of distraction after losing some players during the transfer window and they wouldn’t ask for a better
fixture to kickoff the campaign than against the returning Makerere Impis. The Impis were promoted back to the Premiership after winning the Championship against a gallant Gulu Elephants earlier in the year. The resolve of the Impis’ resolve will be sternly tested by the Warriors.
The Kings Park Arena will also host the Shell Rimula Rhinos fixture against the Stanbic Pirates at 4:30pm. The Shell Rimula Rhinos lost to Stanbic Black Pirates during the Uganda Cup quarters and they will be
on the lookout to ensure their losing run to Pirates comes to a halt. The Shell Rimula Rhinos managed to hold onto most of the playing staff from the last campaign where they tickled with relegation. The Stanbic Pirates also managed to retain most of their players from last season and are still patiently waiting for their star players like Desire Ayera, Haruna Muhammed, Timothy Odong to fully recover. With a new Captain in Nathan Bwabale you wonder if they will reach the heights of 2017.
Across the road at Kyadondo, the Stallions will host Boks in the Central Rugby league clash at 2:30 pm which will curtain raise for Toyota Buffaloes vs. Plascon Mongers. The Mongers beat Buffaloes 18-12 in Entebbe in the recent Uganda Cup and they will be wary of a tricky Buffaloes at its base. The Buffaloes are also getting stronger but Mongers gave Kobs a run of their money in the semi finals before bowing out. This will be another big match.
In Jinja at the Dam Waters Rugby Club, hosts Hippos will play against the Mulago Rams at 4:30pm. This is another slippery tie with either side able to win it although the odds seem to favour the hosts. The Rams struggled a bit last year and lost by one point to the Impis in the Uganda Cup Shield 2 weeks ago. Both teams know each other well and both tinkered with relegation last season and they will go into the game each desperate for a win and maximum points.
We hope we shall see new records of attendances at all venues this year as we work hand in hand with stakeholders to improve on viewership and also recruitment of new players country wide.
Rugby256 wishes all the teams all the best. Let us all keep our eyes on the prize. Each team must keep its focus, train hardest, remain teachable, all teams need to have their A game and give their very best EVERY TIME.
God gives us all these blessings but He is counting on us to Manage this season 2019 to 2020 well and play good rugby enjoy the campaign guys.
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