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Elgon Cup (women's)

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2006
Ceased	2019
Replaced by	Rugby Africa Women's Cup
No. of teams	2
Countries	Kenya  Uganda
Most titles	Kenya (7 titles)

The women's Elgon Cup was an annual competition held between the national rugby union teams of Kenya and Uganda. It ran parallel with the men's Elgon Cup, which has been running since 2004. The cup was competed for over two legs - one in each country. Home matches for Kenya were usually played at the RFUEA Ground, Nairobi, Kenya, whilst Uganda usually played their home matches at the Kyadondo Grounds, Kampala, Uganda.

History

In 2011, prior to the first leg, the Ugandan and Kenyan unions had agreed that the women’s Elgon cup would be a one off tie with the winners being crowned in Nairobi as the URU had insufficient funds to host the Kenyans in Kampala for the return leg. However, after the women’s game and the trophy being handed over to the Kenyans, the chairmen of both unions announced at the dinner that Uganda had secured late sponsorship and would be able to host the return leg that would determine the Elgon Cup winners . However, Kenya refused to hand over the Elgon Cup trophy after the second leg, claiming that they were the 2011 Elgon Cup champions as the 2nd leg was just a test friendly.

After a 3-year lull, the Elgon Cup returned in 2019, with the Kenyan Lionesses hosting the Uganda Lady Cranes in the first leg of the Cup at Mamboleo stadium in Kisumu.

Summary

Year	Overall Winner
2006	Uganda
2007	Tournament was cancelled
2008	Uganda
2009	Kenya
2010	Kenya
2011	Kenya
2012	Kenya
2013	Uganda
2014	Kenya
2015	Kenya
2016–18	Tournament was on hiatus
2019	Kenya
2020–22	Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
2023	Kenya

Matches

Venue	Played	Won by		Drawn
		Kenya	Uganda
Kenya	11	9	1	1
Uganda	10	3	7	0
Overall	21	12	8	1

2006

	9 June 2006	Uganda	24–0	Kenya	Kampala

	12 August 2006	Kenya	0–3	Uganda	Nairobi

 Uganda win two matches to nil

2008

	24 May 2008	Uganda	18–7	Kenya	Kampala

	16 August 2008	Kenya	15–13	Uganda	Nairobi

One match each - but  Uganda retained the cup with an aggregate score of 31-22

2009

	15 August 2009	Kenya	38–5	Uganda	RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

	29 August 2009	Uganda	12–5	Kenya	Kampala RC, Kampala

One match each - but  Kenya wins the cup with an aggregate score of 43-17

2010

	3 July 2010	Uganda	8–5	Kenya	Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala
	13:30 EAT (UTC+3)	Try: Fortunate Ivakunda 17' m Pen: Christine Kizito 39'		Try: Celestine Nasinde 27' m	Referee: George Collins (UGA)

	10 July 2010	Kenya	16–8	Uganda	RFUEA Ground, Nairobi
					Referee: Constant Cap (KRU)

One match each - but  Kenya wins the cup with an aggregate score of 21-16

2011

	9 July 2011	Kenya	22–10	Uganda	RFUEA Ground, Nairobi
	14:00 EAT (UTC+3)	Try: Anita Omondi 5' m Millicent Cpala 31' m Celestine Nasinde (2) 48' c, 57' m Con: Millicent Cpala 49' Cards: Philadelphia Olando 78' to 80'		Try: Charlotte Mudoola 28' m Helen Buteme 37' m	Referee: Gabriel Masenda (ZWE)

	16 July 2011	Uganda	29–10	Kenya	Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala

Result disputed - but trophy awarded to  Kenya following the result of the first match

2012

	21 April 2012	Uganda	15–6	Kenya	Kampala RC, Kampala

	28 April 2012	Kenya	15–3	Uganda	RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

One match each -  Kenya wins the cup 21-18 on aggregate

2013

	15 June 2013	Kenya	18–17	Uganda	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

	22 June 2013	Uganda	13–8	Kenya	Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala

One game each. Uganda  win the Elgon Cup 30-26 on aggregate

2014

	12 July 2014	Uganda	15–33	Kenya	Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala

	19 July 2014	Kenya	39–10	Uganda	RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

Kenya  win the Elgon Cup two games to nil

2015

	13 June 2015	Kenya	5–5	Uganda	RFUEA Ground, Nairobi

	20 June 2015	Uganda	6–7	Kenya	Legends Rugby Grounds, Kampala

Kenya  win the Elgon Cup two games to nil

2019

	22 June 2019	Kenya	44–13	Uganda	Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium, Kisumu
	13:30 EAT (UTC+3)	Try: Grace Okulu 18' m Philadelphia Olando (4) 22' c, 26' m, 47' m, 51' c Celestine Masinde 35' m Janet Okelo 39' m Stella Wafula 66' m Con: Irene Otieno (2) 22', 51'		Try: Charlotte Mudoola 71' m Winnie Atyang 79' m Pen: Charlotte Mudoola 58'	Attendance: 2000 Referee: Precious Pazani (ZWE)

	13 July 2019	Uganda	5–35	Kenya	Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala
	14:00 EAT (UTC+3)

Kenya  win the Elgon Cup two games to nil

2023

	11 November 2023	Kenya	87–3	Uganda	Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium, Kisumu
	14:00 EAT (UTC+3)	Try: Stella Wafula (3) Christabel Lindo (3) Sharon Auma Diana Omosso Phoebe Akinyi Faith Livoi Naomi Amuguni Naomi Jelagat Anne Goretti Penalty Try Con: Anne Goretti (6) Drop: Anne Goretti		Pen: Tina Okello Cards: Emily Lekuru 26' to 36'

See also

• Elgon Cup
• Women's international rugby

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