Before the beginning of the 2021 season in March, Betway Kobs, the newly crowned Nile Special Stout rugby premiership champions set targets: To concede only nine tries and a maximum of 90 points.
This, they believed would give them a realistic crack at the championship they had not won since 2016. However, at the end of Saturday May 8 on a rain soaked Legends ground, Kobs had only conceded two tries and 57 points; far less than what they had set themselves earlier. And fittingly, they were champions, a feat realized from systematic team building over the last few years.
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