{"id":3611,"date":"2026-09-08T13:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=3611"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:29:29","slug":"uganda-targets-world-rugby-sevens-promotion-on-home-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/uganda-targets-world-rugby-sevens-promotion-on-home-soil\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda targets World Rugby Sevens promotion on home soil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3616\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5051975051975053;width:724px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-3-2.jpg 548w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-3-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda will host an eight-team tournament on Sept. 26-27 that will determine which national team secures a place in the 2027 World Rugby Sevens Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3613\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7984749455337691;width:733px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-14.jpg 494w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-14-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will be the opening leg of the 2026\/2027 men\u2019s World Rugby Sevens qualifying series, with Uganda looking to use home advantage to earn promotion to the global competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda Rugby Union President Godwin Kayangwe said preparations were progressing in partnership with the government as the organizers work toward staging a successful tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hosts are also building a squad capable of challenging for the title, with Kayangwe saying Uganda\u2019s target is to win the qualifier and secure a place in the 2027 series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda has been drawn in Group B alongside Zambia, Tunisia and Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Group A comprises Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana and Morocco, with the eight teams competing for the tournament\u2019s sole qualification place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team that finishes top will earn an automatic place in the 2027 World Rugby Sevens Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda will host an eight-team tournament on Sept. 26-27 that will determine which national team secures a place in the 2027 World Rugby Sevens Series. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,35,27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current_affairs","category-regional","category-sports","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3617,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611\/revisions\/3617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}