Fred Ollows’ charges had to wait until the 12th minute to break open Machine defence through Paul Mutsami. Fullback George Okowa missed the conversion but went ahead to convert Tyson Okoth’s try borne off Machine punting error in the 22nd minute.
Handling errors by Impala and obstinacy by Machine’s forwards kept Impala’s efforts to rally for a huge 40th minute scoreline difference at bay.
HT: Resolution Impala Saracens Gazelles 12-0 Mean Machine RFC
The remainder first 30 minutes of the second half would see Mean Machine struggle with patching up defence.
Leon Adongo’s 42nd minute try neatly converted by Okowa signalled the beginning of the try fest.
3 minutes later, Adongo collected his brace after pocketing offload from lock Simon Muniafu who razed 50 metres of the turf only to encounter contact 10 metres away from the whitewash.
Impala’s forwards who had now found the dominance key further opened up Machine defence through Paul Mutsami. His second try, scored through maul, but not successfully converted by Mohammed Omollo, stretched the Gazelle’s lead by 29 points.
Lock Kerre Erick would sneak behind the maul in the 62nd minute. Omollo failed to convert his second attempt at finding the posts. 66th minute: Duncan Ekasi came off the bench to score off another maul but Omollo’s third attempt at hitting the sweetspot went begging.
Omollo finally found the sweetspot after winger Derrick Mayar dotted in the corner at the 67th minute. It was interesting watching the flyhalf throw away the kicking tee, opting for a drop kick and converting to widen the gap to 46-0 Impala.
Mean Machine’s Erick Muthama took charge of the remainder 10 minutes, capitalizing on Impala’s indiscipline in contact to boot over two penalties. One on the 70th minute, another on the 74th minute, but 6 minutes were too short for a complete Machine resurgence.
FT: Resolution Impala Saracens Gazelles 46-6 Mean Machine RFC