Elgon Cup (women's) explained

Sport:Rugby union
Founded:2006
Folded:2019
Replaced:Rugby Africa Women's Cup
Teams:2
Countries:
Most Champs: (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 http://www.ugrugbyfanzone.com/2011/07/lady-cranes-slay-kenya/. 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

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

Matches

VenuePlayedWon byDrawn
Kenya11911
Uganda10370
Overall211281

2006

win two matches to nil

2008

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

2009

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

2010

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

2011

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

2012

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

2013

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

2014

win the Elgon Cup two games to nil

2015

win the Elgon Cup two games to nil

2019

win the Elgon Cup two games to nil

See also