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The Kenya national rugby union team, commonly known as the Simbas (Swahili for lions), is the country's national team managed by the Kenya Rugby Union. The team plays in red, green, and black jerseys with black or white shorts. The Simbas represent Kenya in the Africa Cup and various other tournaments across the continent.
The Rugby Football Union of Kenya (RFU-K) was formed in 1923, the same year when Nairobi District team split to form Harlequins RFC (which is not the current club Kenya Harlequins which was formed in 1952) and Nondescripts RFC. Impala RFC, another traditional club was founded in the 1930s. For a number of years, the Nondescripts and the ...
Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) is the governing body for rugby union in Kenya. It was founded in 1970 and is affiliated to Rugby Africa and the international governing body World Rugby. [1] KRU is responsible for the running of the Kenya national rugby union team, domestic club and school rugby competitions. The union shares a home ground, the RFUEA ...
Elgon Cup. The Victoria Cup is a rugby union tournament contested by the four African nations of Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe as of 2019. After a seven-year hiatus, the competition was revived following Rugby Africa 's cancellation of the Africa Gold Cup in 2019 due to sponsorship loss. [1][2] In 2010 and 2011, the Victoria Cup was played ...
The Kenya Cup is the top tier club rugby union competition in Kenya organized by the Kenya Rugby Union. For the 2019-2020 season, twelve teams are divided into two pools of six, Each team plays home and away against each team in its pool and once against each team in the other pool. The top six teams in the single-table format qualify for the ...
The Kenya Rugby Football Union plans to purchase an adjacent plot, the Unga grounds, [9] so that the stadium can be expanded to accommodate 20,000 people with state-of-the-art facilities. [10] It is the intention of the Ground Development Committee to create a venue that will enable Kenya to host a major International Rugby Board event in the ...
The following is a list of Kenya women's national rugby union team matches. Overall. Kenya's overall international match record against all nations, updated to 2 ...
2016–present. Kenya 7s. Alvin Otieno (born 19 April 1994) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player who represents Kenya internationally. [1] He made his Olympic debut representing Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2] He was named in the Kenyan squad for the men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]