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🇺🇬 The 2026 #UgandaRugby Men’s Premiership playoff pairings The dates shown here follow the official fixture schedule (but they might change). Match venues and kickoff times are yet to be confirmed.

@tim_kisiga is your April BLACK Pirates Player of the Month.👏🔥

Watch highlights between @BuffaloesRFC vs @Mongersrugby on sport YouTube channel 👉👉👉👉👉👉 youtu.be/xJavXhxdZFo?si…

🇺🇬 Core Status Qualifiers rugby has a brutal beauty to it. No safety nets. No second chances. Just one single round robin where clubs either announce themselves to #UgandaRugby… or disappear back into the regional shadows. And that is exactly what makes @CityFalconsRFC vs @CrowsRfc such dangerous opening fixtures. Last year, Gulu City Falcons smashed KIU Crows 31-07 in this exact competition. A statement win. But a year later, the picture feels different. KIU Crows are no longer outsiders trying to survive the occasion. They arrive as back-to-back @WesternUgRugby champions after an unbeaten regional campaign filled with structure & attacking firepower.

Full-time in Oita 👀 Japan Select put on a dominant display with an 80-0 win over Hong Kong China Select after leading 35-0 at the break A huge thank you to all the fans that showed up for their incredible support 🙌🇯🇵 #JapanRugby

🇺🇬 2026 #UgandaRugby Premiership Playoffs Quarterfinal battles @piratesrugbyUG were clinical, blowing past @WalukubaRugbyUg with a crushing 76–6 aggregate win, including a clean-sheet 2nd leg. @HeathensRFC survived the tightest grind of all ties, scraping through @victoria_sharks with back-to-back nail-biters and edging it by just 7 points on aggregate. @ImpisRFC produced the comeback of the round. After trailing @KobsrugbyUg by 11 points, they detonated in Round 2 with a dominant win to flip the tie and progress by 9 points, powered by a statement performance and Pius Mpoza’s milestone MVP outing. @BuffaloesRFC kept things tense but steady, seeing off @Mongersrugby by 4 points on aggregate after a “draw” in the return leg and a narrow first-leg win. Semifinal picture Pirates vs Hippos: the heavyweight clash everyone circled early. Impis vs Buffaloes: the wildcard semi. Impis arrive riding momentum, Buffaloes arrive carrying grind-heavy survival instincts.

🇺🇬 XVs Core Status Qualifiers 2026 #UgandaRugby The “quietly everyone’s watching this one” fixture lived up to every ounce of tension. What looked on paper like a heavyweight collision between @RfcEagles and @Storm_rfc_ug became a full 80-minute tug-of-war, ending 20-20. No winner. No loser. Just two sides leaving Kitante with their jerseys unbeaten this whole year. Meanwhile in Gulu, the script flipped completely. A year ago, @CityFalconsRFC hammered @CrowsRfc 31-07 in this same competition. This time? KIU arrived with sharper claws and stole a massive 15-13 away victory. Revenge served cold at Negri College Grounds. The table after Matchday 1 already has that delicious playoff chaos brewing: 1. KIU Crows – 4 pts (+2) 2. Eagles – 2 pts (0) 3. Storm – 2 pts (0) 4. Gulu City Falcons – 1 pt (-2) KIU are the only side walking out of Round 1 with a full victory Eagles and Storm cancelling each other out may haunt one of them later. In short tournaments, drawn games behave like tiny thieves. You only notice the damage near the finish line. And now the pressure cooker shifts to 30th May KIU vs Eagles suddenly feels enormous. A KIU win could create daylight at the top. An Eagles win blows the standings wide open again. Storm showed enough quality to trouble anyone, while Gulu now enter desperation territory. Lose again, and the road to promotion starts disappearing into fog.

TOMORROW, WE OPEN THE GATES. Come celebrate the opening with us and experience what Saturdays at Kampala Rugby are all about. Tickets: • 10K per person • Group Offer: 4 for the price of 3, exclusively via #KCBPay #KampalaRugby

On paper, KOBS are favourites. History, depth, experience and the 23-12 first-leg result all point their way. But knockout rugby in #UgandaRugby rarely follows logic. Impis thrive in moments like this. They are younger, louder and far less weighed down by history. They enjoy playing the villain in hostile environments. If they start fast and frustrate KOBS early, the mood could quickly shift from celebration to malaria. @KobsrugbyUg will want control, territory and structure. @ImpisRFC will want pace and disruption. The first 20 minutes could decide everything.

On paper, KOBS are favourites. History, depth, experience and the 23-12 first-leg result all point their way. But knockout rugby in #UgandaRugby rarely follows logic. Impis thrive in moments like this. They are younger, louder and far less weighed down by history. They enjoy playing the villain in hostile environments. If they start fast and frustrate KOBS early, the mood could quickly shift from celebration to malaria. @KobsrugbyUg will want control, territory and structure. @ImpisRFC will want pace and disruption. The first 20 minutes could decide everything.

🇺🇬 2026 #UgandaRugby Premiership Playoffs Quarterfinal battles @piratesrugbyUG were clinical, blowing past @WalukubaRugbyUg with a crushing 76–6 aggregate win, including a clean-sheet 2nd leg. @HeathensRFC survived the tightest grind of all ties, scraping through @victoria_sharks with back-to-back nail-biters and edging it by just 7 points on aggregate. @ImpisRFC produced the comeback of the round. After trailing @KobsrugbyUg by 11 points, they detonated in Round 2 with a dominant win to flip the tie and progress by 9 points, powered by a statement performance and Pius Mpoza’s milestone MVP outing. @BuffaloesRFC kept things tense but steady, seeing off @Mongersrugby by 4 points on aggregate after a “draw” in the return leg and a narrow first-leg win. Semifinal picture Pirates vs Hippos: the heavyweight clash everyone circled early. Impis vs Buffaloes: the wildcard semi. Impis arrive riding momentum, Buffaloes arrive carrying grind-heavy survival instincts.