Uganda, May 6 -- The Uganda national rugby sevens teams for men and women are in for a bumper ride in the next five or so months.

The curtains for the domestic season are almost rolling down but the Lady and Rugby Cranes Sevens teams are just about to start booking their flights.

"We have a busy schedule but we had prepared for it early and that's why we contracted the players for a full year because we knew that we'll require them for almost the whole year," Uganda Rugby Union's chief executive officer Isaac Lutwama told Daily Monitor.

He added: "This is a combination of what the union, players and teams have put up to ensure that we get into a high-performance environment to play in the biggest tournaments and try to qualify for even...