Name: Justine Bayigga
Nickname: Msitunya
Occupation: Student
Date of birth: 15/01/1979
Home district: Kayunga
Club: N/A
Height: 5’5
Weight: 56.5kgs
Position(s) in 7’s: winger
Rugby experience: 4 months
7’s Debut: Mandela Bay 7's '08
Number of 7’s tournaments: 1
15’s debut: N/A
Number of 15’s caps: 0
How did you first get into rugby? A friend suggested that I should try out rugby.
Favourite local rugby players(s): Helen Buteme (Black Panthers & Uganda)
Rugby awards won: Runner up 2008 Nelson Mandela Bay 7s
Between athletics and rugby, which is the more enjoyable sport? Rugby of course! It has a ball and you play it with other people whereas in athletics you are running alone. Athletics is an individual sport.
Are the preparations for this World Cup different from what you experience in athletics? The running is a bit similar and it has actually improved my endurance for longer distances but otherwise the preparations are different. In athletics we never have camps for a long period and we do a lot of personal training. In rugby we are always training together and there is a lot of focus on team bonding.
What is the most difficult thing about rugby and what do you enjoy most about it? Tackling is the most difficult thing and I love side stepping. It’s just the best.
Best rugby moment: When I was selected onto the Lady Cranes team to South Africa for the Nelson Mandela Bay 7s and making it onto the World Cup team.
Worst rugby moment: When I got a thigh injury.
How does it feel knowing that you are going for the World Cup? We have worked hard for this and although this is a new game to me I love it and it feels good that I am going. The whole nation wants us to come back with a trophy so we have to deliver.
What do you as an individual hope to do at the World Cup that will help Lady Cranes perform well? To find my way to the try line.
What do you think Uganda’s chances at the World Cup are? Our chances are good. We just need to keep focused and work together.
Rugby is Justine Bayigga’s new love although she also enjoys swimming. She first touched a rugby ball in October 2008: prior to that she had been carving her name in athletics. Justine has represented Uganda in the 100m, 200m and 400m at various international athletic competitions. Although the world of athletics is rife with doping Justine has her own dogma: determination, strength of will and the right attitude is enough to enhance performance without resorting to performance-enhancing substances. Justine holds the distinction of being the only member of the Lady Cranes team that has performed at an event of the same magnitude as the World Cup – the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Her advice to her team mates is to keep focused in Dubai and to play their own game and not play the crowd.
Nickname: Msitunya
Occupation: Student
Date of birth: 15/01/1979
Home district: Kayunga
Club: N/A
Height: 5’5
Weight: 56.5kgs
Position(s) in 7’s: winger
Rugby experience: 4 months
7’s Debut: Mandela Bay 7's '08
Number of 7’s tournaments: 1
15’s debut: N/A
Number of 15’s caps: 0
How did you first get into rugby? A friend suggested that I should try out rugby.
Favourite local rugby players(s): Helen Buteme (Black Panthers & Uganda)
Rugby awards won: Runner up 2008 Nelson Mandela Bay 7s
Between athletics and rugby, which is the more enjoyable sport? Rugby of course! It has a ball and you play it with other people whereas in athletics you are running alone. Athletics is an individual sport.
Are the preparations for this World Cup different from what you experience in athletics? The running is a bit similar and it has actually improved my endurance for longer distances but otherwise the preparations are different. In athletics we never have camps for a long period and we do a lot of personal training. In rugby we are always training together and there is a lot of focus on team bonding.
What is the most difficult thing about rugby and what do you enjoy most about it? Tackling is the most difficult thing and I love side stepping. It’s just the best.
Best rugby moment: When I was selected onto the Lady Cranes team to South Africa for the Nelson Mandela Bay 7s and making it onto the World Cup team.
Worst rugby moment: When I got a thigh injury.
How does it feel knowing that you are going for the World Cup? We have worked hard for this and although this is a new game to me I love it and it feels good that I am going. The whole nation wants us to come back with a trophy so we have to deliver.
What do you as an individual hope to do at the World Cup that will help Lady Cranes perform well? To find my way to the try line.
What do you think Uganda’s chances at the World Cup are? Our chances are good. We just need to keep focused and work together.
Rugby is Justine Bayigga’s new love although she also enjoys swimming. She first touched a rugby ball in October 2008: prior to that she had been carving her name in athletics. Justine has represented Uganda in the 100m, 200m and 400m at various international athletic competitions. Although the world of athletics is rife with doping Justine has her own dogma: determination, strength of will and the right attitude is enough to enhance performance without resorting to performance-enhancing substances. Justine holds the distinction of being the only member of the Lady Cranes team that has performed at an event of the same magnitude as the World Cup – the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Her advice to her team mates is to keep focused in Dubai and to play their own game and not play the crowd.
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