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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.Kenya recorded its first tournament win in the World Rugby Sevens Series after beating Fiji at the 2016 Singapore Sevens. [3]
Kenya national rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and secured the only available spots through the 2023 Africa Men's Sevens in Harare, Zimbabwe. [4] Team roster. Kenya's squad of 12 players was named on 2 July 2024. Additionally, Festus Shiasi and Denis Abukuse were named as traveling reserves. [5] [6]
Rugby sevens Nelson Oyoo (born 26 June 1994) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. [1] Born in Molo , Nakuru County , he attended Molo Academy and later Njoro Boys' High School for his A-levels.
John Okoth Okeyo (born 18 April 2000) is a Kenya rugby union player who was named in the Kenya sevens squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] Career. Club
Kenya Harlequin Football Club, (Harlequins or Quins for short) is a Kenyan rugby union club that competes in the Kenya Cup, the top level of Kenyan rugby. The club motto " Nunquam Dormio " is Latin, meaning I never sleep .
Homeboyz Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Nairobi, Kenya, that competes in the Kenya Cup, Eric Shirley Shield, Enterprise Cup and Mwamba Cup. Formed in 2009, Homeboyz also has a women's team that competes in the Kenya Rugby Football Union women's league every year.
The Kenya Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Kenya.The organisation oversees the national team as well as domestic competitions run within the country, including the Kenya RL Premiership.
In 1999 the then Kenya Rugby Football Union, now the Kenya Rugby Union, applied and won the right to host the Africa Zone Qualifying Tournament for the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens Finals. This qualification competition was combined with the 2000 tournament to make it into a longer 3 day festival of rugby rather than cancel the Safari Sevens.