Whenever you walk into the Nakuru Athletics Club on Sunday afternoon, you’re welcomed by several groups of age-grade rugby boys and girls going through their session. Eleven years on and Top Fry Nakuru RFC has one of the best age-grade rugby programs…

The Kenya Rugby Union is excited to announce the appointment of Innocent Simiyu as the Head Coach of the Kenya 7s Team. The appointment of Simiyu comes after an intensive interview process last month in which he topped a short list of…

Welcome to Game Live! a multi-media initiative from the Kenya Rugby Union (KRU).

We aim to give you news and information about the activities of the KRU while also sharing various insights revolving around the rugby eco-system.

This edition features news about the Kenya Lionesses and their Olympic ambitions, Celestine Masinde’s balancing act, the adoption of emotional intelligence by the senior and junior men’s national teams as well as our rugby for beginners segment.

World Rugby has launched a transformational Rugby World Cup 2021 Coaching Internship Programme, providing talent identified female coaches with a unique 12-month placement opportunity with a team competing at the showcase women’s 15s event in New Zealand. In line with the ‘developing…

Following consultation and constructive dialogue with the host organisations, it has been confirmed that the combined men’s and women’s Hamilton and Sydney rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021, which were provisionally scheduled for 23-24 and 30-31 January 2021 respectively, will not take place due to the ongoing and dynamic global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2019 as Chipu was competing in the World Rugby U20 Tournament in Brazil, the management came to the realization that the team still had a long way to go in order to be a more competitive side not only in Africa…

Rugby Africa has launched a series of virtual learning opportunities as part of a reset and readiness strategy for when rugby activities are safe and ready to resume. The webinar series started off to bridge the physical face-to-face training and education program…

Kenya women’s sevens captain Philadelphia Olando and coach Felix Oloo have been hard at work making sure that the team are in prime physical and mental condition as Tokyo 2020 draws closer, with the women’s sevens tournament set to kick off on Thursday, 29 July, 2021.

The Kenya Rugby Union has partnered with the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) to sensitize its affiliates on anti-doping through a series of webinars slated for 14th and 21st August respectively. The first session takes place on Friday 14th August and will…

We explore the rugby rivalry between Kenya and Uganda in the annual battle for the Elgon Cup. The East African rugby rivalry showcases the best rugby talent which Kenya and Uganda have to offer and allows players from both the national men’s…

An interactive session with Kenyan internationals Celestine Masinde and Jacob Ojee on Friday 7 August 2020. The duo talked about the challenges and opportunities that have come about through juggling rugby, books and entrepreneurship. Watch the full conversation here. Facebook Comments

Having fully met the Kenya Rugby Union’s eligibility criteria and ultimately the Ministry of Sport’s requirements for registration under the Sports Act,  Administration Police Warriors became the 49th full affiliate of the Kenya Rugby Union during the organization’s annual general meeting which…

World Rugby and its partners are continuing to focus on planning for the 2021 Series and the build-up to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which are now less than one year away. Working group formed to review schedule for a safe, secure…

Monday 13 July 2020 saw the  Kenya Rugby Union organize a Workforce Continuing Professional Development webinar for its trainers and educators. This Workforce CPD webinar  was facilitated by Rugby Africa’s Regional Training Manager for Africa Denver Wannies and Johnbosco Muamba, Rugby Regional…

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games organising committee and the International Olympic Committee have announced the revised competition schedule for the Tokyo Olympic Games which were postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the opening ceremony now set for 23…

The weekly Kenya Rugby Union webinars shift from technical matters to discuss governance in sports during the next session set for 1900hrs EAT on Friday 17 July 2020. This webinar will be facilitated by Bernard Kiragu, Managing Partner of Scribe Services and…

Vincent Onyala was handed his Kenya Sevens debut by Paul Murunga Amunavi at the 2018 Cape Town Sevens. He went on to become Shujaa’s top try scorer during the 2018/19 World Rugby Sevens season with 22 tries. With the 2019/20 season concluded early due to the COVID19 pandemic…