The International Youth Rugby Tournament, for both the boys and girls, is set to kick off at the Red Cross Field in Kigali Saturday.

The third annual youth tournament is designed to foster international competitions, and is organised by Connect to Africa in partnership with Rwandan Rugby Federation (RRF).

It is expected that both the 15 years old and 18 years old age groups from five countries namely: Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Kenya and host Rwanda will participate in the two-day competitions.

RRF Secretary General Tharcisse Kamanda said, "This is a very exciting time for Rwandan rugby. It will be wonderful to again gauge our progress against other teams from the region.”

Full list of teams:

Uganda: Under 15 Boys, Under 15 Girls, Under 18 Boys and Under 18 Girls

Tanzania:Under 15 Boys, Under 18 Girls and Under 18 Boys

Malawi: Under 18 Boys

Kenya: Under 15 Boys

Rwanda:Under 15 Boys (Thousand Hills), Under 15 Girls (Sharks Rugby), Under 18 Boys (Team JAM from Ruhango) and Under 18 Girl (Ruhango secondary school team)

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