THE Namibian rugby sevens team lost two of their preliminary matches at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne yesterday.
Namibia first fell to Kenya 31-5, before going down to New Zealand 41-7 in their second match of their campaign. The relatively inexperienced Namibian team has been draw in Group A, also alongside Wales, which they still need to face.Wales beat Kenya 33-0 in their first match at the Games.New Zealand, on the other hand, beat Wales 35-10.At this stage, all three countries have played their two opening matches at the Games, which started with a glittering opening ceremony on Wednesday.In other matches, South Africa was given a shock 26-19 defeat by Tonga, while hosts Australia recorded the highest score on the opening day with a 73-0 hammering of Sri Lanka.The second high-scoring country was Fiji, which trounced Niue Island 63-0 after also going past Canada with a 31-14 win in their first match.Another African country that fell at the tournament was Uganda, which was beaten 31-10 by Samoa.The relatively inexperienced Namibian team has been draw in Group A, also alongside Wales, which they still need to face.Wales beat Kenya 33-0 in their first match at the Games.New Zealand, on the other hand, beat Wales 35-10.At this stage, all three countries have played their two opening matches at the Games, which started with a glittering opening ceremony on Wednesday.In other matches, South Africa was given a shock 26-19 defeat by Tonga, while hosts Australia recorded the highest score on the opening day with a 73-0 hammering of Sri Lanka.The second high-scoring country was Fiji, which trounced Niue Island 63-0 after also going past Canada with a 31-14 win in their first match.Another African country that fell at the tournament was Uganda, which was beaten 31-10 by Samoa.
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