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Namibian sevens team loses twice

Namibian sevens team loses twice

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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