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Japan prevailed over Kenya in the battle of the Business Schools at the South of France at the weekend.

In the inaugural French Riviera Sevens, 10 Schools were represented with Tokoyo’s Waseda University triumphant over Strathmore University to take the main Deloitte Trophy.

In a nail biting final, a conversion proved the only difference between the sides in the 19-17 win for the Japanese.

Both Waseda and Strathmore were unbeaten in the Pool stages at the tournament that was hosted by the SKEMA Business School. French hopes rested on INP Toulouse who were runners-up in Pool A to give them a semi-final berth.

Despite pushing Strathmore hard it was the Kenyans who prospered 10-17 to book their spot in the final. Waseda proved far too strong for the UK’s Aston University in the other semi-final, coming through 37-0.

Aston did gain some consolation in the third/fourth play-off finished beating INP Toulouse 27-20 in an entertaining and open encounter.

Elsewhere Clug University from Romania took the Trophy Skema and Pakistan’s Lahore UMS took the bottom tiered Trophy AMD in what proved a truly international affair.

Pool A - Waseda University (Japan), INP Toulouse (France), Cluj University (Romania), SKEMA (France), ESADE (Spain)

Pool B - Strathmore University (Kenya), Aston University (England), UNI Lausanne (Switzerland), EM Lyon (France), Lahore UMS (Pakistan)

Results:

1 INP Toulouse Waseda University A, 5-14
2 UNI Lausanne Strathmore University B, 0-38
3 ESADE Cluj University A, 0-53
4 EM Lyon Aston University B, 0-19
5 SKEMA INP Toulouse A, 17-19
6 Lahore UMS UNI Lausanne B, 0-24
7 Waseda University ESADE A, 52-0
8 Strathmore University EM Lyon B, 55-0
9 Cluj University SKEMA A, 24-17
10 Aston University Lahore UMS B, 44-0
11 INP Toulouse ESADE A, 59-0
12 UNI Lausanne EM Lyon B, 35-5
13 Waseda University Cluj University A, 41-5
14 Strathmore University Aston University B, 27-5
15 SKEMA ESADE A, 45-0
16 Lahore UMS EM Lyon B, 10-17

17 INP Toulouse Cluj University A, 12-12
18 UNI Lausanne Aston University B, 7-17
19 Waseda University SKEMA A, 31-7
20 Strathmore University Lahore UMS B, 68-0

5th-8th

21 SKEMA UNI Lausanne, 5-7
22 Cluj University EM Lyon, 40-0

Main Semi-finals

23 INP Toulouse Strathmore University 10-17
24 Waseda University Aston University 37-0

25 ESADE Lahore UMS 9th-10th 0-24
26 SKEMA EM Lyon 7th-8th 21-12
27 UNI Lausanne Cluj University 5th-6th 14-44
28 INP Toulouse Aston University 3rd-4th 20-27

Main Final
29 Strathmore University Waseda University 1st-2nd 17-19