Kenya national rugby sevens team

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Kenya
Union Kenya Rugby Union
Emblem(s) The African lion
Ground(s) RFUEA Ground
Coach(es) Benjamin Ayimba
Captain(s) Andrew Amonde
Most caps Humphrey Kayange (67)
Top scorer Collins Injera (1211)[1]
Most tries Collins Injera (235)[1]
1st kit
2nd kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances 4 (First in 2001)
Best result 3rd place, 2009
Official website
www.kru.co.ke
Kenya sevens team playing the Cook Islands at 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Kenya national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. They are currently one of the 15 "core teams" of the World Series, with a guaranteed place in all ten events each season. Kenya recorded its first tournament win in the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series after beating Fiji at the 2016 Singapore Sevens.[2]

They are also hosts at the annual Safari Sevens which has been held in Nairobi, Kenya every year since 1996.

Kenya have sometimes mistakenly been referred to as Shujaa by the international press; in fact Shujaa are the Kenya sevens 'A' (or second) team. Shujaa is a Swahili word (also used as a boys' name) meaning courage, confidence, bravery, prowess or heroism.

Honours

A line-out during the 2008 Edinburgh Sevens

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Kenya

Summer Olympics

Olympics Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Qualifed
Total 0 Titles 1/1 - - - -

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Tournament Round Position Played Won Lost Drew
Scotland 1993 Did not qualify
Hong Kong 1997 Did not participate
Argentina 2001 Bowl Semi-finalsts =19th 7 1 6 0
Hong Kong 2005 Bowl Semi-finalsts =19th 7 3 4 0
United Arab Emirates 2009 Semi-finalists =3rd 5 3 2 0
Russia 2013 Semi-finalists 4th 6 4 2 0
United States 2018 Qualified
Total 0 Titles 4/6 25 11 14 0

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Malaysia 1998 Bowl Quarterfinals 13th 5 0 5 0
England 2002 Bowl Semifinals 11th 5 2 3 0
Australia 2006 Bowl Champions 9th 6 4 2 0
India 2010 Plate Semifinals 7th 5 3 2 0
Scotland 2014 Plate Semifinals 7th 5 2 3 0
Total 0 Titles 5/5 26 11 15 0

Africa Cup Sevens

Africa Cup Sevens record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Kenya 2013 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
Zimbabwe 2014 Finals 2nd 7 5 2 0
South Africa 2015 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
Total 2 Titles 3/3 19 17 2 0

Most Recent squad

Squad that took part in the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series[5]

Notable former players

  • Lucas Onyango
  • Joshua Gathumbi
  • Oscar Osir
  • Benjamin Ayimba
  • Innocent Simiyu

See also

References

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  3. ↑ SOYA Awards – 2007 winners
  4. ↑ KBC, 24 January 2009: Jelimo and Wanjiru crowned best sports personalities
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External links

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