KCB stayed top of the Kenya Cup with a 62-15 win away to Menengai Oilers at the Nakuru Showground on Saturday 11 February 2023.
It was the hosts, Oilers, who went ahead through a Geoffrey Ominde penalty after seven minutes of play but KCB quickly responded, Samuel Asati breaching the whitewash with Darwin Mukidza converting for a 7-3 score.
KCB grew to dominate the clash, pinning the Oilers inside their 22. Mukidza would dummy,score and convert his own try for a 14-3 lead before converting Asati’s second try for a 21-3 lead at the interval.
Mukidza drilled a penalty after the restart to see KCB go 24-3 up before converting one of Festus Shiasi’s two tries to put the bankers 36-3 up.
With Mukidza off the pitch, the scoring didn’t stop as Essau Otieno landed a try with Isaac Njoroge converting for a 43-3 lead.
Njoroge would then convert Brian Wahinya’s try for a 50-3 lead before Ominde converted Chrispin Shitundo’s try to bring the score to 50-10.
It was soon 55-10 after Peter Waitere went over for KCB before Ominde landed a try for Oilers to make it 55-15 but the bankers had the last say, Waitere landing his brace with Njoroge converting for the full time score.
Elsewhere, Catholic Monks and Mean Machine keep their survival hopes alive with significant wins.
The Monks stunned Homeboyz 20-19 at CUEA to register their third win of the season as Mean Machine won for the second time this season, defeating Mwamba 22-18 at the University of Nairobi.
Defending champions Kabras Sugar registered a routine 47-6 win over Strathmore Leos in Kakamega as Nakuru edged Masinde Muliro 27-23 in Lurambi.
Kenya Harlequin won at home, stopping Blak Blad 36-8 at the RFUEA Ground.
Collated Results
Menengai Oilers 15-62 KCB
Kabras Sugar 47-6 Strathmore Leos
Mean Machine 22-18 Mwamba
Catholic Monks 20-19 Homeboyz
Masinde Muliro 23-27 Nakuru
Kenya Harlequin 36-8 Blak Blad