Following the thrilling and very successful Olympic competitions in Tokyo, rugby sevens returns to HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series action on 18-19 September with BC Place in Vancouver hosting the first event of the 2021 Series, which sees a men’s Series event combined with a women’s fast-four tournament.
Kabras Sugar’s Brian Tanga currently leads the Kenya Cup try scoring charts. The utility back has scored 7 tries from the wing this season, just one more than KCB captain Curtis Likalo who has managed 6 touchdowns to date.
Action continues in the Kenya Cup on Saturday 7 August 2021 with a total of four matches on the cards. The Nandi Bears Club will play host to the clash of the season when hosts Kabras Sugar host defending champions KCB in…
Speaking to the KRU from Tokyo, Oloo said, “The Olympic experience was brilliant for both the Lionesses and us on the technical bench. The importance of teamwork really played out very well…when people work together, things become very easy because we are all eyeing the same objective. I am really happy and thank my technical team for pulling together in one direction. “
This match was originally slated for Saturday 10 July at the same venue.
Leaders and defending champions KCB defeat Top Fry Nakuru 26-13 in Saturday’s sole Kenya Cup fixture. The bankers were slow to the boil, eventually taking the lead through Felix Ojow’s fourth minute try from the rolling maul. Levi Amunga added the extras…
Playing out of Pool A, the Lionesses finished fourth at the close of the preliminary matches, losing 29-7 to New Zealand, 35-12 to the Russian Olympic Committee and 31-0 to Great Britain. They would then defeat hosts Japan 21-17 in the ninth place semi final on Friday morning.
He retires as Kenya’s second most capped sevens player, having played 358 world series matches, scoring 64 tries.
The Kenya Lionesses rallied from a 14-17 deficit against Japan in the Tokyo 2020 Rugby 9th place semifinal to secure a much needed 21-17 victory after the buzzer. Grace Adhiambo was first to cross the whitewash in the first half as she…
A 31-0 defeat to Great Britain saw Kenya finish fourth in Pool A, missing out on quarterfinal qualification in the women’s rugby sevens competition at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Friday 30 July 2021. The British led 17-0 at the interval…
The Kenya Lionesses fell 12-35 to the Russia Olympic Committee in their second Pool A match. The halftime scores read 14-12 in favor of the Russians as they were first to go over the whitewash with two converted tries before Kenya’s Janet…
Kenya started their Pool A campaign at the Tokyo Olympics with a 29-7 loss to New Zealand in the women’s rugby sevens competition in Tokyo on Thursday 29 July 2021. New Zealand raced into a 17-0 lead through tries from Michaela Blyde…
The team had earlier defeated Japan 21-7 to set up this repeat clash against Ireland whom they faced in the preliminary round.
The Kenya Rugby Union Board has accepted Paul Odera’s resignation from his role as Head Coach of the Kenya Men’s National Fifteens Team, The Simbas. The Kenya Rugby Union would like to extend its sincere thanks to Paul for his exemplary service…
Kenya Sevens secured their first win at the Olympics on Tuesday 27th July with a 21-7 victory over hosts Japan in the 11:00 am (EAT) kick-off match. Japan was first to go over the whitewash with a converted try but a determined…
A 12-7 defeat to Ireland saw Kenya knocked out of medal contention at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday 27 July 2021. Ireland caught Kenya cold with two early tries from Hugo Lennox and Harry McNulty,Lennox converting McNulty’s try for a 12-0 lead…
