KENYA is banking on its defence to withhold the off-loading game of the Vodafone national sevens team.

Kenya coach Benjamin Ayimba said they had refined the defence pattern they wanted to use.

” It was clear that the defence pattern that we were using earlier on was a bit off because of our size. We’re not very big boys and we’re trying to adjust and work to our strengths,” said Ayimba.

Kenya qualified as second best from pool A on better points average and Ayimba said he was content with their progress so far.

“I wanted it to go the other way so we could have an outright qualification.”

Ayimba said Fiji always brought out Kenya’s best and was looking forward to the quarter-final match.

“It’s always a close game. They get the best out of us. It’s always a game with a lot of enthusiasm whether we win or lose. We feel like we have done well.”

Kenya held off a star-studded All Black Sevens 0-0 at halftime during their play pool game on Friday but succumbed to France.

However, Samoa’s loss to New Zealand gave the Kenyans a passage through to the Cup eliminations.