On 4th July, the Kenya Rugby Union Development department held the third leg of the KRU’s women’s festival at the RFUEA Grounds where a total of seven teams competed for the title. The teams were grouped into two pools based on the…

The Kenya Simbas have brought in the Performance Rugby Analytics (PRA) co-founder Rynhardt Forbes, to assist the team in preparation for the Rugby World Cup. kru.co.ke caught up with Mr. Forbes to get more acquainted with him and here’s how he describes…

The Kenya U20, popularly known as Chipu, thrashed Senegal U20 50-3 in the first match of this year’s U20 Barthes Trophy played on Saturday 26th afternoon at the Nyayo National Stadium. Matoka Matoka and Tyson Juma scored a brace each as Reinhard…

As the Kenya Rugby Union fine-tunes the final preparations for the U20 Barthes Trophy tournament taking place from 24th June to 4th July in Nairobi, Kenya, the Training and Education department lead by George Ndemi is currently overseeing the super week. The…

The Kenya Simbas have had a busy month since they kicked off their training with residential camps every weekend from 22nd May 2021 after Head Coach Paul Odera named a 102 man squad.  The three training camps have been held in Nairobi…

The Kenya Men and Women 7s teams, Shujaa and Lionesses, have been in training camps at the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani for the last two weeks. Both sides have already qualified for the Tokyo 2020 that takes place in the next…

Namibia, will be the first side to arrive for the Rugby Africa Barthes U20 Trophy happening in Nairobi from 24th June to 3rd July. The former champions will land in Nairobi on Monday 21 June and will be followed by Madagascar and…

World Rugby has launched a major new rugby sevens campaign – “This Is How We Sevens” – as excitement builds towards the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which kicks off in under 50 days. The campaign aims to showcase the vibrancy, excitement, and…

The Kenya Rugby Union mourns business mogul Chris Kirubi who passed away yesterday, 14th June 2021 after a long illness. He has been key in the support of local rugby through Capital FM who have been great partners of the game for…

United States-based Ruckus RFC lead by Mathew Wills donated rugby equipment to the Kenya Rugby Union earlier this month. The equipment that was received by KRU’s Development Officer Ronald Okoth was delivered by former Kenya International Anthony Ogot. On Tuesday 11th May,…

The Kenya Sevens National Men’s sevens team, Shujaa were runners up at the just concluded Rugby Africa solidarity camp mini-tournaments at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sports in Cape Town South Africa. The team traveled ten days ago for a high-performance camp together…

The Kenya Sevens team will head down to South Africa on Thursday morning for the ten-day Stellenbosch Solidarity Camp where they’ll also face South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe on 8th/9th and 14th/15th May. The team has been having a residential camp at…

The Kenya Fifteens Head of program, Paul Odera, has called up 102 players to the 2021 Simbas training squad that will kick off preparations with virtual sessions. This decision has been dictated by government protocols. This initial squad will undergo a series…

The mercurial Kenya Lionesses’ fly half Grace is back on the team as they head out to Tunisia for the Rugby Africa Women Sevens solidarity camp. The tournament will run for a period of ten days with two tournament weekends. Grace has…

The Kenya Rugby Union on Tuesday 27th April launched the Damu Pevu Teachers’ Training initiative that will have two World Rugby Trainers, Michael Otieno and George Ndemi together with the KRU Development Coordinator and World Rugby Educator Ronald Okoth travel to Kisumu,…

A 21- man Shujaa squad headed out to Kasarani this morning for their National Olympics Committee- Kenya camp as they continue with their preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The team got back from the Emirates Invitational 7s in Dubai ten days…

The Kenya Rugby Women’s Sevens Team- Kenya Lionesses, have settled in Kasarani for an eight-day camp. The camps have been funded by the National Olympics Committee-Kenya(NOCK) to assist all Tokyo 2020 qualified teams to prepare for the event scheduled for July 2021….

The Kenya Rugby Union together with Rugby Africa has four events planned to celebrate the International day of sports for development and peace on 28th April across the country. One of the objectives that the rugby fraternity aims to achieve is  inspiring…