The Buffaloes have been title contenders within the 2025 National 7s Series till they fell on day one of many ultimate circuit at residence.
They went toe-to-toe with eventual winners, the Walukuba Barbarians, for six stops, typically exchanging the lead on the desk.
Buffaloes’ consistency noticed them profitable 2 of the three finals they reached within the collection, however after shedding to KOBs and Jinja Hippos on Day 1 of the Buffaloes 7s, the final cease of the collection, their title hopes have been nearly as good as achieved. All Walukuba needed to do was to at the least attain the primary cup semifinal to be confirmed champions.
Buffaloes, which was nearly assured of a Top 2 end, ended up third general, with fellow Kyadondo aspect, Heathens, closing the 12-point hole and ending second within the collection. With that backdrop, it’s now clear that the objective for Buffaloes is ‘to have a greater efficiency than final yr’, as Charles Onen, the Buffaloes coach, notes.
At the height of the title chase on the Kabale 7s, Buffaloes was flying excessive and gained the circuit, defeating Walukuba 14 – 12 within the ultimate. This victory, nevertheless, got here with an enormous worth to pay as fatigue and accidents began setting in.
“We have been unlucky with the ruling out of some gamers who have been on the forefront of our efficiency resulting from suspected concussions,” Onen displays on the exit of Humphrey Ndahura and Daniels Otim from the 2025 collection.
Additionally, Buffaloes misplaced their 7s marketing campaign captain, Fat Moses Watmon, by means of harm, and he wasn’t in a position to keep it up with the collection. However, Onen is agency and able to transfer ahead along with his prices.
“That’s sports activities; we study classes and plan for the following outing,” he mentioned.
Going ahead, the Buffaloes have up to date their playbook, and Onen was in a position to share a number of snippets.
“Based on the brand new format, the competitors goes to be tougher, so every participant must dominate the 1 v 1 conditions and set piece assaults,” Onen mentioned concerning the game-by-game targets. “Our focus will likely be to have our greatest efficiency within the first 4-5 circuits earlier than fatigue begins to kick in in the course of the ultimate 2 circuits.”
