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NAIROBI Authentic Roy Oswalt Jersey , Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Having rolled elaborate home coming parties in the recent past to celebrate success on the international stage, Kenya's national rugby 7s team tip-toed back to the country Monday morning following underwhelming tours of Las Vegas and Wellington.


Team officials were keen to avoid the press on their return from New Zealand where they won the Bowl competition last weekend in the face of mounting criticism against South African head coach, Paul Treu's methods.


Their outings in the fourth and fifth legs of the HSBC World Series yielded only 15 points after failing to progress past the group stage to the Main Cup quarters with final appearances in the Bowl competition on both rounds counting as scant consolation.


Kenya failed to qualify for the Main Cup quarters for the first time in the 201314 season to leave the country rooted eighth in the Series standings on 47 points.


Defeats to Samoa and Australia on Saturday knocked Kenya out of the Main Cup in New Zealand only for the country to salvage some pride by beating Scotland 24-14 to lift the Bowl and earn eight series points at a tournament they lost the Main Cup final in sudden death to England 19-24 last season.


This did not stop the chorus of discontent from mounting against the former South Africa head coach with Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) boss, Mwangi Muthee, compelled to issue a statement pledging unwavering support for Treu.


"One of the most visible positives exhibited in what many would view as an average overall performance in Las Vegas and Wellington was the improvement of some of the youngsters in the Kenya squad."


"The coming-of-age of Oscar Ayodi Authentic Mike Scott Jersey , Dan Sikuta, Billy Odhiambo and Tony Owuor was evident. We cannot lose sight of the benchmark reached last season; that of finishing 5th in the HSBC Sevens World Series and 4th in the World Cup," Muthee said in a statement dispatched to newsrooms after the low key return in an attempt to draw positives from the performances slammed by many Kenyans.


In a thinly veiled warning to the technical bench led by Treu, Muthee called on the team to desist from underrating so-called minnow in the remaining legs starting with Japan and Hong Kong tours next month.


"This is a problem the technical bench and the players must solve. In the remaining half of the World Series, everyone must declare war against everybody across the board; not just among the top brass."


"When you respect everybody equally Authentic Jose Cruz Jersey , then I assure you that we shall be a great rugby playing nation. We have already set on a journey to the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil and we must permanently take our high performance very seriously," the Union boss added.


"Clearly, so far, we have not lived to the expectations of our sponsors who have invested so much in us so that we can be the best we can be," Muthee went on.


With the top four nations in next season's HSBC World Series qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympics Authentic Jimmy Wynn Jersey , Treu admitted the task of ensuring Kenya joins the 12 nations that will contest in the inaugural competition at the event would not be easy.


"It is going to be tough, with Brazil as the host team, there are only 11 spots left, next year the series will be hotly