Toyota Buffaloes Rugby Club will host the Buffaloes 7s tournament from September 27-28 at Kyadondo Rugby Club.
This will be the final stop on the 2025 Nile Special Uganda Rugby 7s Series.
As has been the tradition this season, the draws were held live on NBS Sport on Tuesday morning.
The hosts, having won the penultimate Kabale 7s, are in Pool A alongside Hippos, KOBs and Mukono Hawks.
The other Kyadondo-based teams playing at home, Thunderbirds and Platinum Credit Heathens, are in the women’s Pool A and men’s Pool C respectively.
Women’s Pools for 2025 Buffaloes 7s:
Pool A: Thunderbirds, Black Pearls, Avengers, Ewes*.
Pool B: Nile Rapids, Walukuba Titans, She Wolves, Panthers*.
Men’s Pools for 2025 Buffaloes 7s:
Pool A: Buffaloes, Hippos, KOBs, Mukono Hawks*.
Pool B: Walukuba Barbarians, Kampani Eagles, Mongers, Jaguars*.
Pool C: Heathens, Rhinos, Rams, Kyambogo*.
Pool D: Pirates, Elgon Wolves, Gulu Falcons, Juba Eagles*.
Juba Eagles, based across the Northern border in South Sudan, will make their first appearance on the series.
Contest for the Overall Series Title:
For the women’s series, all Thunderbirds need to be crowned champions is feature in the Buffaloes 7s.
It is a bit more complicated in the men’s series. Buffaloes need both their success (winning the Cup Final) and Walukuba’s failure (getting knocked out before the semifinals) to stand a chance.
The Battle for Survival:
One women’s team and two men’s teams will be relegated at the end of the series. As it stands, both competitions have three teams in the scrap.
She Wolves, Black Pearls and Nile Rapids are separated by two points in the women’s competition.
Gulu City Falcons are stuck at the bottom of the men’s competition but the second-last position is too close to call between Elgon Wolves and Eagles.
