Have Rams Rugby Club been a long time coming?

What the report says

Rams Rugby Club, also known as the Mulago Rams, have spent about 25 years building a profile in Ugandan rugby outside the country’s better-known high-end sides, according to The Observer. The club has long played at the Graveyard in Makerere and developed a rivalry with Impis, while also becoming known for sponsorship from Lifeguard condoms, a detail that has often drawn joking attention within the rugby community.

The Observer reported that Rams won the Kyadondo Sevens on Sunday, August 23, edging Heathens 12-10 in the final after also defeating strong teams including Walukuba Barbarians and Black Pirates. The victory was described as especially significant because Rams are considered a second-tier side and had not won a sevens circuit event since 2016. Their performance moved them to sixth on the sevens championship log with 39 points, behind Pirates and Heathens.

Former Rugby Cranes player Richard Lumu, now Rams’ director of rugby, said the result reflected improved grit and focus. Coach Jude Rwakayanga pointed to the club’s youth development programme as a key factor behind the team’s progress. The article presents Rams’ win as evidence that the club has become more competitive and may now face greater attention as the sevens series moves to Gulu for its fourth stop.

More broadly, the story places Rams’ success in the context of a rugby hierarchy that includes established teams such as Heathens, Kobs and Pirates, and suggests the club’s recent rise could challenge that order.