Kenya's Under-20 rugby team suffered their second defeat when they lost 51-3 to the Netherlands at the 2024 World Rugby Trophy 2024 at the Hive Stadium, Scotland on Sunday.
Simon Jawichre's charges had lost their opening match 25-7 to Uruguay on Tuesday last week.
The team, also known as Chipu, were blown away in the first half with the Dutch side leading 41-3 at the interval.
Scrum-half Niek Doornenbal opened the scoring for the Netherlands when he skipped past several tackles with full-back Ilan Vaasen converting for a 7-0.
The Dutch were in the ascendancy from then on and scored a second try courtesy of centre Kees de Bruin and a 12-0 lead.
The Netherlands continued to dominate the proceedings and Vaasen stroked over a penalty in the 11th minute to stretch their lead to 15-0.
Matters went from bad to worse for Chipu when second-row Clein Omukhulu was sent to the sin bin for collapsing a maul illegally.
The European outfit capitalised on the one-man advantage with Joris Smits crashing over from a lineout with Vassen adding the extras for a 22-0 lead.
James Olela got Kenya on the scoreboard with a penalty to reduce the deficit to 22-3.
But it was all in vain as the Dutch found their range with skipper Kit Temperley combining with flyhalf Tom Hijdra to score and extend the lead to 27-3 to secure a bonus point.
Smits scored his second try of the day from a driving maul and prop Toine Obiang Nguema powered over the line as they led 41-3 at the interval.
On resumption, Kenya put up a gallant fight to keep the Dutch at bay in the third quarter.
However, they eventually ran out of steam when Vaasen and substitute winger Flynn Baker scored a try each to send the score line into a half-century of points. They will now face the USA in their final pool match on Friday.
