Kabras Sugar will unleash their two new signings at this weekend's Dala Sevens in Kisumu.
Head coach Hennley Du Plessis said he will field South African utility back Ntabeni Dukisa and former Fiji Sevens' forward Timoci Sinaite.
Dukisa featured for Southern Kings in the Pro-14 and the Eastern Province Elephants in the Currie Cup.
The 30-year-old Dukisa, who plays as a fly-half, fullback or wing, made his first appearance in the Currie Cup for the Kings in the opening fixture of the 2013 Currie Cup First Division season when he appeared as a substitute in the match against the Pumas.
He made a total of four starts and nine substitute appearances for the Kings during the competition, helping them reach the final, where they lost 53–30 to the Pumas. He scored a total of 44 points during the season.
Dukisa played a full season in the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, featuring in all seven of their matches and finishing as the EP Kings' top scorer with 50 points. According to Du Plessis, Sinaite is a valuable addition to the side especially with the departure of South African Logan Basson midway through last season.
“He is a key addition. He has been training with us since last week and brings a lot of maturity and composure in the position” he added
The South African tactician said Dukisa is utility back and can play anywhere across the backline and will provide us a factor and strengthen our backline
He said playing over the weekend in Kisumu will help them adapt to Kenyan rugby. “We want them to adapt as quickly as a possible and get the feeling of the Kenyan rugby,” he added.
The sugar millers will be captained by international Brian Tanga and will have the likes of Dan Sikuta, Felix Ayange and Kevin Kabole in their ranks.
Du Plessis was confident of better performance in Kisumu after a lacklustre showing in the season opener in Kakamega three weeks go.
“Having some of the senior players will help us and we have corrected the errors which we had in Kakamega,” noted Du Plessis. Kabras face Nakuru, Nondies and Mean Machine in Pool 'C'.
