The circus always comes to town whenever Machine visit Mwamba and it wasn’t any different this weekend when a crazy see saw Kenya Cup tie ended with a nail-biting rectum-tensing 29-28 scoreline in favor of the “Mother” team. From a neutralist perspective, it was an open, flowing and exciting game but in real rugby terms it was like two halves of an attack-defence Thursday training sessio...

Wanyore come unstuck in late charge by Machine It was an evening of high drama, deja vu, a dream conclusion for Machine and a nightmare of an end for Nakuru. The 15-7 scoreline barely tells the story of the pulsating round three Kenya Cup clash between Machine and Nakuru at the University grounds which saw the home team bag its first victory of the league. The only blemish to this otherwise charge...

Deja Vu Mean Machine almost managed to put behind a 54-16 drubbing at the Lion’s den but incredibly folded to Impala in the dying minutes for the second time in a month to lose 15-21 at the University of Nairobi Sports ground on Saturday. It was a surreal rerun of the Impala Floodlit as Impala took an early lead and hung on to it precariously while Fidel Sinei chipped away at it and with ten...

Date: Saturday, 19th April, 2008 Venue: Impala RFC, Ngong Road Final Score: Mean Machine 12 – 18 Impala After blue washing Mwamba in the season opener the blue shirts had lined up Impala for a fall on a sunny afternoon at Ngong Road. Following a superb showing by the forwards at training, morale was high but this should have sounded warning bells to those who knew Machine well. The squad was...

Date: Saturday, 12th April, 2008 Venue: Railway Club, Uhuru Park, Nairobi Final Score: Machine 25 – 15 Mwamba Kenya cup debutant Meshack Wesonga woke Machine up just in time to prevent a dream start to the 2008 season from turning into a nightmare. New coach Michael Otieno must have breathed a huge sigh of relief as Wesonga’s stoppage time penalty put Mwamba out of their misery after...