Earlier this year, World rugby set out its 2019 plan to further mitigate the risk of injury in the sport. The World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont stated that; “Our major focus is the tackle, which is the most common facet of the game,…
Shujaa are in Pool B of the Sydney 7s alongside the New Zealand Sevens runners up USA, Canada and France. Day one of the NZSevens saw them lose the first two matches and win the third Pool match against France. Read the…
Shujaa wrapped up their #NZSevens Day one campaign on a high note beating France 19-15. Captain Jacob Ojee was the first on the scoreboard with a coast to coast try giving Shujaa a 5 point lead that was followed by some lovely…
Following the conclusion of the Kenya Under 20 trials held on 20th January at the RFUEA Grounds where a provisional squad was selected, further trials will be held in Nakuru and Kakamega on Sunday 27th January at the ASK Nakuru Showgrounds and…
In Week eight of the Kenya Cup, the two Nakuru Clubs Menengai Oilers and Top Fry Nakuru head to the Capital to face Kenyatta University’s Blakblad and KCB RC respectively. We caught up with Gibson Weru, Oilers Head Coach after their…
The 2019 Enterprise Cup has been expanded to five weeks. The expansion brings in a total of 24 teams: sixteen are 2017/2018 KRU Championship Clubs and the last four Kenya Cup teams as per the 2018 Enterprise Cup ranking. These are the…
The Kenya Rugby Union together with the Kenya Under 20 Team Management held the team’s trials on 20th January at the RFUEA Grounds where more than 150 players turned up. The trials are set to produce a team that will represent Kenya…
The Gusii Stadium, Bull Ring Kakamega, Kisumu Polytechnic, University of Eldoret, ASK Kakamega and Equip Africa Grounds Kitale will host the Championship Week 7 matches; all six of them kicking off at 4:00pm. Resolution Kisii will host Ngong Warriors at the Gusii…
The Kenya Rugby Union Board of Directors wishes to announce to all Affiliates, Sponsors and the rugby fraternity that it has confirmed Sylvia Kamau as CEO for an initial period of one year effective January 1 2019. Sylvia Kamau took over from…
Jacob Ojee will skipper the Shujaa squad during the Hamilton and Sydney 7s deputized by Michael Wanjala. Commenting on his selection of Ojee as Captain, Head Coach Paul Murunga had this to say, “Ojee is able to lead the team. This has…
The Kenya Lionesses emerged the runners up in the SOYA Awards ceremony held in Mombasa on 11th January. The ladies’ nomination came after their exemplary performance in 2018; they reached the semifinal stage in the Hong Kong7s which doubles up as the…
World Rugby has set out its 2019 plan to further mitigate the risk of injury in the sport, beginning with a dedicated laws forum in March. In a year set to see the most rigorous tournament player welfare standards ever at Rugby…
Week six of the KRU Championship league takes place in six different Counties this Saturday: Mombasa, Nairobi, Nakuru and Trans Nzoia. USIU is currently top of the log are hosting fifth place Kisumu RFC. USIU is the only unbeaten team in the…
The HSBC World Sevens Series caravan heads to New Zealand on the 26th and 27th of January for the Hamilton7s leg and then to Australia for the Sydney7s a week later. Shujaa gathered four points in the first two legs of the…
“Saturday is a Rugby Day” You can now go back to using this phrase every Saturday from 12th January till May 2019. The festive season is behind us meaning we can now focus on local rugby; #KenyaCup #KRUChampionship and #Nationwide. A recap…
Archadius Khwesa, Allan Ominde and Philip Wokorach currently lead the Kenya Cup points and try scorers charts heading into the festive season break. Blak Blad’s Khwesa has grounded the ball six times, one more than Kabras’ Wokorach. The Kabras duo of Felix…
In December 2018, Rugby Africa confirmed that Kenya will be hosting the Pool A matches of the 2019 U20 Barthes Cup. Earlier in the year(2018), Participating Unions had been asked to bid to host this tournament which takes place on the 4th…
Kabras Sugar RFC remains the only unbeaten side in the Kenya Cup after week five. They registered their fifth bonus point win in Kakamega as they beat Resolution Impala Saracens 42-10. Kabras are top of the table with a total of 25 points and are followed by the defending champions KCB RC with 20 points.
