Kenya national rugby union team (sevens)
| Full name | Kenya national sevens team | ||
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| Ground(s) | RFUEA Ground | ||
| Coach(es) | Benjamin Ayimba | ||
| Captain(s) | Andrew Amonde | ||
| Most caps | Humphrey Kayange (61) | ||
| Top scorer | Collins Injera (1094) | ||
| Most tries | Collins Injera (214) | ||
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| World Cup Sevens | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 2001) | ||
| Best result | 3rd place, 2009 | ||
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The Kenya national rugby union 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.
They are also hosts at the annual Safari Sevens which have 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
- Semi finalists at the 2009 and 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens
A line-out during the 2008 Edinburgh Sevens
- Main cup finalists at the 2009 Adelaide Sevens and the 2013 Wellington Sevens
- Won the Team of the Year category for men at the Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year awards:
- Safari Sevens winners
- 1997 versus Cumbria Schoolboys 24–27,
- 2000 Kenya 'A' (Shujaa) won, defeating Bristol University RFC, 26–24
- 2003 versus Emerging Springboks 29–7,
- 2004 versus Emerging Springboks 10–7,
- 2008 versus Zimbabwe 35–12,
- 2009 versus Emerging Springboks 40–19,
- 2010 versus Emerging Springboks 17–12,
- 2014 versus Australia Renegades 40-7.
Tournament history
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Kenya
Summer Olympics
| Olympics Games record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2016 |
Qualifed | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 1/1 | - | - | - | - | |||
Rugby World Cup Sevens
| World Cup record | |||||||||
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| Tournament | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Drew | |||
 1993 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1997 |
Did not participate | ||||||||
 2001 |
Bowl Semi-finalsts | =19th | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2005 |
Bowl Semi-finalsts | =19th | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||
 2009 |
Semi-finalists | =3rd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
 2013 |
Semi-finalists | 4th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
 2018 |
Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 0 Titles | 4/6 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | |||
Africa Cup Sevens
| Africa Cup Sevens record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D | |||
 2013 |
Finals | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
 2014 |
Finals | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |||
 2015 |
Finals | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 Titles | 3/3 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |||
Current squad
Squad to 2015 Rugby Africa Men's Sevens
- Andrew Amonde (c)
- Collins Injera (vc)
- Willy Ambaka
- Biko Adema
- Augustine Lugonzo
- Eden Agero
- Billy Odhiambo
- Oscar Ayodi
- Frank Wanyama
- Leonard Mugaisi
- Jeffrey Oluoch
- Dennis Ombachi
Notable former players
- Lucas Onyango
- Joshua Kinge
- Oscar Osir
- Benjamin Ayimba
See also
- Rugby union in Kenya
- Kenya national rugby union team
- Sevens World Series
- Rugby World Cup Sevens
- Kenya Sevens
- Safari Sevens
References
- ↑ SOYA Awards – 2007 winners
- ↑ KBC, 24 January 2009: Jelimo and Wanjiru crowned best sports personalities
External links
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