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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Kenya women's national rugby sevens team.

Kenya
UnionKenya Rugby Union
Emblem(s)The African lion
Ground(s)RFUEA Ground
Coach(es)Innocent Simiyu
Captain(s)Andrew Amonde
Most capsHumphrey Kayange (67)
Top scorerCollins Injera (1211)[1]
Most triesCollins Injera (235)[1]
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances5 (First in 2001)
Best result3rd place (2009, 2013)
Official website
www.kru.co.ke
Kenya 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.[3]

Honors

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 Placement round 11th 5 1 4 0
Total 0 Titles 1/1 5 1 4 0

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
Kenya 2016 Third place 3rd 4 3 1 0
Total 2 Titles 4/4 23 20 3 0

Team

Current squad

Template:2016 Summer Olympics Kenya men's rugby sevens team roster

Previous Squads

2015–16 Sevens Series[6]

Notable former players

Nickname

Kenya have sometimes mistakenly been referred to as Shujaa by the international press;[citation needed] 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Sevens Stats: Kenya". Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  2. ^ http://www.kru.co.ke/featured-news/item/3775-simiyu-takes-over-sevens-mantle
  3. ^ "Kenya Sevens make history". Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. ^ SOYA Awards – 2007 winners!
  5. ^ KBC, 24 January 2009: Jelimo and Wanjiru crowned best sports personalities
  6. ^ "Kenya Squad". Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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