Uganda Rugby Cranes are now playing for a highest possible fifth place in the ongoing men’s Rugby Africa Cup. They will face Burkina Faso in the Placement Matches on Wednesday afternoon.
The 23-man squad was named after the captain’s run this afternoon. Alex Aturinda and Joseph Aredo will start as the two major changes made to the starting lineup. They replace Zziwa (back) and Kamiza (neck) who sustained their injuries in the quarterfinal loss against Zimbabwe Sables.
Eliphaz Emong, who was expected to start against the Sables but was ruled out by injury on Saturday, is back on the matchday squad.
Uganda Rugby Cranes Squad vs Burkina Faso
- Starting: 1 Santos Senteza, 2 Faragi Odugo, 3 Asuman Mugerwa, 4 Charles Uhuru, 5 Eliphaz Emong, 6 Sydney Gongodyo, 7 Bryon Oketayot, 8 Alex Aturinda, 9 Conrad Wanyama, 10 Ivan Magomu, 11 Timothy Kisiga, 12 Joseph Aredo, 13 Innocent Gwokto, 14 Shakim Ssembusi, 15 Philip Wokorach.
- Substitutes: 16 Nathan Bwambale, 17 Mike Otto, 18 Saul Kivumbi, 19 Robert Aziku, 20 Mark Omoding, 21 Brian Wandera, 22 Pool Kalungi, 23 Joseph Oyet.
Head coach Fred Mudoola and his technical bench have maintained a 6-2 split among the substitutes. Pool Kalungi will hope to mark his first cap off the bench.
The match will kick off at noon local time EAT at Mandela National Stadium Namboole.
Other matches on the schedule are Senegal vs Cote d’Ivoire in the placement matches, Kenya vs Algeria and Namibia vs Zimbabwe in the Cup Semifinals.
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