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.
Shujaa wrapped up their Cape Town7s campaign two positions higher than they did in Dubai7s last weekend. The team finished in the third place after seeing off Wales Rugby 33-26 in the final. Their day two kicked off with the Challenge Trophy…
Kenya Sevens wrapped up their first day at the Cape Town 7s last in their Pool as they lost all their day one matches. They kicked off the tournament with a 12-29 loss to England with their tries coming from Cyprian Kuto…
Shujaa bowed out of the 2018 Dubai7s in the 15th position gathering just one point off the tournament. Their day one kicked off with a 35-14 loss to Scotland followed by a narrow 17-21 loss to France. They closed off day one…
The Lionesses finished 12th in the 2018 Women’s Dubai7s tournament. They trailed Fiji 12-0 in the second half of the eleventh place play off before Janet Okello broke the Fijian defense to score Kenya’s solitary try. Fiji dotted down their third try…
The Kenya Lioness dropped to the Dubai7s Challenge Trophy having lost all their day one matches. In the first match, they lost 7-34 to the Glendale Champions, New Zealand. Grace Adhiambo scored Kenya’s solitary try in this match and she added the…
The 2019 Rugby Africa Gold Cup will have eight teams divided into two Pools A and B. 2018 Gold Cup Champions Namibia spear head Pool A that also features Tunisia, Zimbabwe and the newly promoted Zambia. Pool B hosts Kenya, Uganda, Algeria…
