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Women's rugby sevens: Madagascar seventh at Africa Women's Sevens in Nairobi

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Madagascar's women's rugby sevens team finished seventh at the 2026 Africa Women's Sevens, played in Nairobi, Kenya, after a 22-12 win against Mauritius on Sunday at the RFUEA Grounds in the classification matches, reports NewsMada. The Makis senior women's team, coached by Eric Randrianarison, known as Eric Sefo, had earlier lost 7-40 to Zambia in the second round of the classification matches.

Madagascar's run had ended in the quarter-finals, with a 7-31 defeat to Tunisia on the second day. In the group stage, the Malagasies had beaten Mauritius (12-5) and Burkina Faso (36-12) before a heavy defeat to Uganda (0-46). The quarter-final exit ended their bid to qualify for World Rugby SVNS 3, the third division of the world rugby sevens circuit.

This seventh place ends on a positive note a competition in which Tunisia lost the African final, as in the previous edition.{},

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