Two batches of Rugby Cranes players and management have touched down at Entebbe Airport after completing Uganda’s tour of Namibia and South Africa.
The first batch arrived at 6 p.m. on Saturday evening and the second at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning.
The Rugby Cranes played three matches during this two-week-long tour. These were; a test match against Namibia in Walvis Bay, and two trial matches against Limpopo Blue Bulls and Pumas in South Africa.
Full Results from Uganda’s 2025 tour of Southern Africa:
• Namibia 22-19 Uganda
• Uganda 57-26 Limpopo Blue Bulls
• Pumas 102-00 Uganda
The Rugby Cranes won one match and lost two, the last being a record one-hundred-pointer against Currie Cup Premier Division club Pumas.
With just a week until the 2025 men’s Rugby Africa Cup kicks off, the home side are the first participating country to arrive in Uganda for the tournament.
Although thirty-four players took part in this tour, only twenty-eight will make the final squad for the Rugby Africa Cup.
