Union | Kenya Rugby Union |
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Emblem(s) | The African lion |
Ground(s) | RFUEA Ground |
Coach(es) | Innocent Simiyu |
Captain(s) | Andrew Amonde |
Most caps | Collins Injera (68) |
Top scorer | Collins Injera (1226) |
Most tries | Collins Injera (238) |
World Cup Sevens | |
Appearances | 4 (First in 2001) |
Best result | 3rd place (2009) |
Official website | |
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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.
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Kenya
The following is the Kenya roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Benjamin Ayimba
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.