Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Cry My Beloved Game in Kenya

This Saturday Quins the defending Kenya cup champions will be up against the Rats from Australia. To me it seems Quins have turned into a monopoly and there in lies the problem this move will mean that a single club will benefit from this visit more than the country, for the initial idea was for Chairman Select to play the Rats but that was not to be. We the rugby family in Kenya are like the provibal Ostrich that buried its head in the sand. It is a mockary of development of our national 15's team if seach an oppurtunity to learn is left to go a begging, for in my view such games will provide valuable experiance for the players and technical staff so as to avoid the humiliating scores like the one against mpalanga and also act as our launch pad to contesting for a place in the world cup in the future. Rugby lies bleeding on its death bed in our country yet we fete clubs and forget the bigger picture.
We walk with our heads held high as we speak of the strides made by rugby over the years, and strangely enough i agree that we have made great strides, and it is due to this strides that i walk with my head bowed and my tail between my legs in embarassment, humiliation and despair.We have made great strides backwards, you only have to look at the history of the game in the country and compare with the present and you can not help a tears trickling down your cheeks.
The questions that speed past my shocked brain are , where did the rain start beating us ? , where did we take a wrong turn ? and where did we stumble and fall flat on our faces.
The first reply echoing in my brain is , you do not know where you are going if you do not know where you are from; players, schools, clubs, the union and the larger rugby family, do not take pride in where they are from, be it Nondies which is the oldest club in Kenya full of a rich history, Mwamba and Mean Machine which were the pioneer African clubs, now they just exist instead of being the leaders.
The second reason is the lack of foresight, passion, commitment and love for the game in the Union's leadership, who are more intrested in instant gratification at the expense of Rugby.
To finish off my top three answers is our idolizing of rugby sevens which is merely an adaptation, [small wonder it isnt included in a players international caps tally] at the expense of 15's and i think the reason is because the union is lazy and doesn't want to invest the great amount of time and money which is needed in the development, growth and establishment of a formidable 15's national team and league.
My heart is saddened with the sight of this game that is larger than life to me on its knees and pained by its cry of help to a seemingly ignorant populance.
Maybe it is just me , maybe i am just stupid to belive the is more to rugby than what is available in the country.
LETS MEET AT THE THE TERRACES ON 5TH, 6TH AND 12TH. SO LONG.

1 comment:

  1. Good article guy. Work on your grammar a bit and just let your ideas flow!!!

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