Damian McGrath’s charges will do battle with Fiji, Australia and Japan as they fight to avoid relegation from the series which will be reduced to 12 teams from the 2024 season.
Shujaa are placed in Pool C for the sixth round of the 2023 World Rugby Sevens Series in Los Angeles from 25-26 February.
Damian McGrath’s charges will do battle with Fiji, Australia and Japan as they fight to avoid relegation from the series which will be reduced to 12 teams from the 2024 season.
Whichever core team finishes lowest in the 2023 Series will be relegated to the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series 2024, while those ranked 12th to 14th will compete against the Challenger Series 2023 winner for the 12th and final position on the 2024 Series.
Shujaa(21 points) alongside Spain (18) and Canada (14) are also in danger of losing their core team status with six tournaments to play.
The team finished 11th at the just concluded Sydney leg of the series after exiting the tournament with a 26-24 defeat to Tonga in the 9th place semifinal.
Brian Tanga and Alvin Otieno each scored a brace for Shujaa with Tanga adding two conversions.
The team had earlier defeated Spain 17-12 in match that saw Herman Humwa, Anthony Omondi and Denis Abukuse with Omondi adding a conversion.
Following the latest rounds of action in Hamilton and Sydney, Shujaa has moved up two places to 12th on the World Rugby Sevens Series log with 21 points, three short of Uruguay who are currently placed 11th.
