Rugby Cranes of Uganda, winners of the first leg of the Africa Rugby Sevens kicked off their campaign with a 36-0 win over Tunisia as the second leg started in Mauritius on Saturday.

Aaron Oforywroth opened the scoring for the Ugandans with an unconverted try before Timothy Kasiga added the second. Denis Etwau scored the third try which Oforywroth converted for a 17-0 lead at half time.

In the second half, the Rugby Cranes added three more tries. Adrian Kasito stretched the lead with the opening try in this half and Etwau completed his brace. Oforywroth converted to stretch the lead 29-0. 

Etwau completed his hat trick and Oforywroth converted for the champions to shake off jitters of the first match.

Zimbabwe kicked off the weekend by beating hosts Mauritius in the first match before South Africa overran Nigeria 45-7. The third match saw Kenya Morans struggle to beat Zambia 26-7.

They dominated the exchanges in the first half before taking their foot off the gas pedal in the second. Ammon Wamalwa scored three tries  and Joel Inzuga one. 

The draw

Pool A: Uganda, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Tunisia.

Pool B: Madagascar, Kenya, Zambia, Algeria.

Pool C: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Nigeria

Order of play: Zimbabwe 31 Mauritius 7, South Africa 45 Nigeria 7, Zambia 7 Kenya 26, Madagascar 33 Algeria 7, Burkina Faso 29 Ivory Coast 12, Uganda 36 Tunisia 0, Nigeria v Zimbabwe, Mauritius v South Africa, Kenya v Algeria, Madagascar v Zambia, Burkina Faso v Tunisia, Uganda v Ivory Coast, Zambia v Algeria, Madagascar v Kenya, Tunisia v Ivory Coast, Uganda v Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe v South Africa, Nigeria v Mauritius.