HEAD TO HEAD - LIONS CUP 🏉
Uganda Rugby Premiership Game Week 7 Build Up:
@KobsrugbyUg 🔵vs
@🟡 @HeathensRFC
2026 Premiership Win%
📌🔵- 66.67% (Tied 3rd)
📌🟡- 66.67% (Tied 3rd)
Tries Scored
📌🔵- 32 (1st)
📌🟡- 25 (3rd)
Tries Conceded
📌🔵- 11 (Tied 3rd)
p Try Scorer
📌🔵- Faraji Odugo (5 tries)
📌🟡- Malcolm Okello (4 tries)
Top Points Scorer
📌🔵- Rasul Abiriga (76 points)
📌🟡- Malcolm Okello (48 points)
Best Goal Kicking Success Rate
📌🔵- Rasul Abiriga (69.4%)
📌🟡- Malcolm Okello (61.9%)
LAST 10 MEETINGS
📌2025 Week 10: Heathens 11-11 KOBs (Kyadondo)
📌2024 SFL2: Heathens 13-18 KOBs (Kyadondo)
📌2024 SFL1: KOBs 18-29 Heathens (Legends)
📌2024 Week 8: KOBs 13-25 Heathens (Legends)
📌2023 Week 13: Heathens 19-12 KOBs (Kyadondo)
📌2023 Week 3: KOBs 15-17 Heathens (Legends)
📌2022 Week 18: KOBs 10-22 Heathens (Legends)
📌2022 Week 2: Heathens 07-06 KOBs (Kyadondo)
📌2021 Week 5: KOBs 19-11 Heathens (Legends)
📌2019/20 Week 1: Heathens 06-00 KOBs (Kyadondo)
FACTS FROM THE LAST 5 MEETINGS
📌Most tries for KOBs: Benjamin Muwanguzi (02)
📌Most tries for Heathens: Norbert Okeny & Innocent Gwokto (02 each)
📌Most points for KOBs: Joseph Aredo (15)
📌Most points for Heathens: Malcolm Okello (24)
LIONS CUP FACTS
• KOBs host Heathens in Week 7 at Legends Rugby Club. The two teams are the most successful clubs in Ugandan rugby, winning 31 of the 35 Rugby Premierships played in Uganda since 1990.
• Last season’s meeting: Heathens 11-11 KOBs. Tony Okello scored a try for Heathens as Aaron Ofoyrwoth and Malcolm Okello each added a penalty. KOBs response came from a try by Karim Arinaitwe and Calvin Gizamba added a penalty and drop goal from the boot.
• Both teams lost their respective Enterprise Cup fixtures. Heathens conceded 10 tries to the reigning Kenya Cup and Enterprise Cup champions, Kabras. KOBs, took an early lead, but fell to Nondescripts, 13-29. KOBs conceded 11 penalties whereas Heathens conceded 10 penalties in their game, including 7 penalties while they were defending against Kabras.
• In the Premiership, KOBs has scored the most tries, touching down 32 times in their 6 games played. Heathens has scored 25 tries, lagging behind KOBs and Pirates.
• Heathens have conceded the fewest tries in the 2026 Premiership, only allowing 9 tries to their opponents in their first 6 games. KOBs have conceded 11 tries, with 8 of these coming in the first half of their 6 games.
• Malcolm Okello has scored the most tries and most points for Heathens in the 2026 Premiership. Okello has scored 4 tries and 48 points. Okello had 92 points in the 2025 Rugby Premiership.
• Faragi Odugo is the top try scorer for KOBs, having scored 5 tries in the first 3 games of the season. He missed the Week 4 game against Rhinos, before proceeding to play against Impis and Kakira without scoring a try.
• Rasul Abiriga has scored the most points for KOBs this season, contributing 4 tries, 19 conversions and 6 penalty goals for a total points haul of 76 points. Abiriga had 31 points in the 2024 season, but only played 1 game last year and made no attempts at goal.
• Abiriga has converted 69% of his 36 attempts at goal whereas Malcolm Okello has successfully converted 62% of his 21 attempts at goal.
• Heathens have won 3 of the last 5 Premiership meetings, including the last time the two teams met at Legends in the 2024 Premiership Semifinal Second Leg.
• In the last 5 meetings between the two teams Malcolm Okello has scored 35 points, having played in 4 of those 5 games. Calvin Gizamba has contributed 24 points for KOBs, having played only 2 of those 5 games.
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