Uganda, May 20 -- Black Pirates and Heathens will battle for the 2024 Nile Special Rugby Championship title after booking their slots to the final in a fortnight at the Mandela National Stadium.

The defending champions Black Pirates survived another scary second-half comeback from Jinja Hippos to win 27-23 as they advanced to the final.

Pirates led by 14 points in the first half of the first leg but Hippos overturned that to take a 28-27 advantage into the second leg of their semifinal encounter.

The Sea robbers picked vital lessons from that first leg scare and didn't leave anything to chance on Saturday at Kings Park Arena.

Timothy Odong set the ball rolling by crossing the line just after four minutes to declare Pirates intentions....