Lameck Dunde (pictured scoring the try above) scored a try in sudden death extra time was the difference as the Saracens sauntered to their first National Series Series cup title in more than eight years.
Homeboyz, winners of the season opening Prinsloo Sevens a week ago signalled their intent early on, Leonard Mugaisi embarking on a searching run, Collins Shikoli unable to field his cross kick as the Sarries survived the onslaught.
Sarries livewire Richard Sidindi broke through the deejays first line of defense, racing clear before instinctively offloading to the supporting Derek Mayar who went over,Mohamed Omollo converting for a 7-0 score.
Leonard Mugaisi kept Homeboyz alive, scoring and converting his own try to tie the match but tournament MVP Mayar landed his brace, Omollo adding the extras to put the Sarries 14-7 up at the break.
The deejays were chasing the game, contesting the breakdowns, putting the Sarries on the backfoot before Jeff Oluoch, in a moment of madness, fluffed a trying scoring opportunity, having done all the hard work that included leaving the Sarries Omollo for dead, looked to set up Mugaisi for his brace, all this in the in goal area. His attempted basketball pass, ill advised at best, was charged down by the alert Sarries defenders, much to the chagrin of his Homeboyz team-mates, a forgettable moment for the lad.
The deejays seemed to capitulate, mentally gutted by Oluoch’s theatrics, treating the captive crowd to a series of errors, mostly of the handling and decision making kind.
They regrouped though, Max Kang’eri powering through, playing in Cyprian Kuto to touch down, Humphrey Owuor adding the extras to take the game to sudden death extra time.
With the game finely poised three minutes into extra time, Dunde was played in by Omollo, breaking the determined tackles of Kuto and Mugaisi to go over the chalk, and under the posts, sending the Sarries supporters into delirium, their first Kabeberi crown since 2005.
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