TheBreakdown
Full time6 September 1997
Kenya
37–18
Arabian Gulf
RFUEA Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Kenya won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. –CKenya conversion · Stephen Nderitu Gichuki2–0
  2. –CKenya conversion · Stephen Nderitu Gichuki4–0
  3. –CKenya conversion · Stephen Nderitu Gichuki6–0
  4. –CKenya conversion · Stephen Nderitu Gichuki8–0
  5. –PKenya penalty · Stephen Nderitu Gichuki11–0
  6. –PKenya penalty · Stephen Nderitu Gichuki14–0
  7. –PKenya penalty · Stephen Nderitu Gichuki17–0
  8. –TKenya try · Geoffrey Tolo22–0
  9. –TKenya try · Geoffrey Tolo27–0
  10. –TKenya try · Paul Murunga32–0
  11. –TKenya try · Paul Murunga37–0
  12. –PArabian Gulf penalty · Chris Matthews37–3
  13. –TArabian Gulf try · Chris Johns37–8
  14. –TArabian Gulf try · Chris Matthews37–13
  15. –TArabian Gulf try · Julian Pritchard37–18

Line-ups

Kenya

  1. 1M MwangiProp
  2. 2C MutambiHooker
  3. 3P OwinoProp
  4. 4M OkutoyiSecond row
  5. 5Felix OchiengSecond row
  6. 6Andrew OndiekFlanker
  7. 7Neil McRaeFlanker
  8. 8Manuel OkothNumber 8
  9. 9Tolbert OnyangoScrum-half
  10. 10K ThimbaFly-half
  11. 11Edward RomboWing
  12. 12Kenneth AswaniCentre
  13. 13Stephen Nderitu GichukiCentre
  14. 14Paul MurungaWing
  15. 15Geoffrey ToloFull-back
  16. Benjamin AyimbaBench
  17. John OtienoBench
  18. Sydney ObonyoBench

Arabian Gulf

  1. 1Julian PritchardProp
  2. 2A ColeHooker
  3. 3Mark GathercoleProp
  4. 4Peter StapleySecond row
  5. 5S FowlerSecond row
  6. 6Nigel PalmerFlanker
  7. 7Andy KeeganFlanker
  8. 8Simon GriffithsNumber 8
  9. 9Mark GriffithsScrum-half
  10. 10Chris MatthewsFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Noel RobertWing
  12. 12S NewtonCentre
  13. 13Emil SayfferdtCentre
  14. 14J KfouriWing
  15. 15Chris JohnsFull-back
  16. Ian BakerBench
  17. LinnBench
  18. MonksBench
  19. WorrallBench

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Context

All-time, Kenya 2–0 Arabian Gulf in 2 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Kenya going in
Arabian Gulf going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.