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Speke Resort Munyonyo plays host to Rugby Africa Cup teams

Matooke Republic by Matooke Republic
July 18, 2024
in Featured Stories, Sports
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Uganda is hosting the Rugby Africa Cup, the biggest event on the continent this weekend and to ensure great hospitality, all the eight teams taking part in the tournament are residing at Speke Resort in Munyonyo.

This year’s Rugby Africa Cup will serve as one of the qualifiers for the 2027 Rugby World Cup and Uganda will be hoping to use home advantage as hosts.

As Uganda positions itself to host more international sporting meets, hosting players at a top facility ticks several hospitality boxes for the country. This rugby event can serve as a “dress rehearsal for the 2027 Africa Cup football tournament.

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The first country to arrive was Burkina Faso on Monday morning and management at Munyonyo says they are dedicated to ensuring a comfortable and relaxing stay for the players.

The lakeside resort is equipped with a world class gym plus two standard swimming pools so the players will surely keep in tip top shape. There are also expansive greens for light drills and a running track. Catering is also well taken care of with several chefs able to prepare dishes from all over the world.

The lakeside resort is ideal to host international teams.

The resort is also ideal as it easily connects to the Entebbe Express Way ensuring are not caught in the city jams. From Munyonyo, they can easily access the tournament venues of Mandela National Stadium Namboole and Muteesa II Stadium Wankulukuku.

The Rugby Cranes hope to take advantage of home soil.

The tournament will be played following a straight knockout format from the quarterfinal stage.

Games begin on Saturday, July 20 with the defending champions Namibia taking on Burkina Faso at 10 a.m. at Namboole. Hosts Uganda will face Zimbabwe in the last quarterfinal at 4 p.m.

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