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[PHOTOS]: Inside Uganda Rugby Sevens training camp ahead of Dubai Sevens

Uganda Rugby Sevens are getting ready to rumble in the Dubai Sevens that kicks off December 2 in Dubai.

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Pool A sees current number one ranked and 2022 Series champions Australia together with reigning Dubai title holders South Africa, Great Britain and Kenya.

Pool B includes double Olympic gold medallists Fiji along with Argentina, New Zealand and Uruguay.

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Pool C features third seeds France taking on Ireland, Spain and Uganda. Finally, Pool D has Samoa, the USA, Canada and Japan.

Uganda will take on France in their first game at 9:28am (EAT) on Friday, December 2 then battle Ireland at 1:36pm before playing Spain in their last Pool match at 6:07pm.

Head coach Tolbert Onyango named Jinja Hippos stars new faces to the team including Denis Etwau, Jacob Ochen, Timothy Mugisha, and Twafik Bagalana who led Hippos to the National Sevens title and Pirates best player during the series Mubarak Wandera.

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Seasoned players Michael Wokorach, Aaron Ofoyrwoth, Adrian Kasito, Ian Munyani, Desire Ayera, William Nkore, Alex Aturinda and Karim Arinaitwe are the other players included for the series.

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