Nakuru Rugby Football Club also known as 'Wanyore' is a Kenyan rugby club based in
Nakuru
Nakuru (nicknamed Nax) is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It is the capital of Nakuru County, and it is the fourth largest city in Kenya and the largest in the Rift Valley region. As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban population of 570, ...
. It has played for several years in the
Kenya Cup and
Eric Shirley Shield leagues run by the
Kenya Rugby Football Union
Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) is the governing body for rugby union in Kenya. It was founded in 1970 and is affiliated to Rugby Africa and the international governing body World Rugby.
KRU is responsible for the running of the Kenya national rugby u ...
. Nakuru RFC operates and trains at the
Nakuru Athletic Club Grounds in Nakuru. They play at the 2,000-capacity
Nakuru Stadium.
Nakuru Rugby Football Club is the most successful club out of Nairobi and one of the upcountry rugby teams that participates in Kenya Cup (the league) alongside Kisumu, Eldoret, Western Bulls, Kabras and Mombasa. In addition to the senior team, Nakuru RFC has a second team 'Nakuru II which participates in the Eric Shirley Shield. The club also runs a mini rugby program, a development women’s team, and a scholarship program for talented underprivileged players. The management committee consists of the chairman and a nine-man sitting committee who run the affairs of the club.
The team finished second in the 2012 Kenya Cup (Premier Rugby League in Kenya) before being crowned champions in 2013. In 2014, the team is in the hunt for double honours yet again, qualifying for the finals of both the Kenya Cup, and Enterprise Cup.
The Team also boast of an elaborate youth development system, with Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 sides.
Nakuru Rugby Football Club is host to the two international tournaments in the Kenya Rugby Union Calendar: The Great Rift 10-A-Side and
The Prinsloo Sevens (named after a late supporter and member) part of the
National Sevens Circuit.
In 2008, the club won its first major trophy for decades after winning the
Enterprise Cup
The Enterprise Cup is an annual rugby union competition in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, though the competition frequently has the appearance of being an all-Kenyan affair as the majority of rugby clubs in the African Great Lakes region are based in ...
(the national cup competition). The club also won the Enterprise Cup in 1948, 1958, 1960, 1962 and 1963.
[Daily Nation, October 6, 2003]
Impala share Enterprise Cup with Quins
Nakuru Rugby Football Club are joint winners of their own
Great Rift 10-A-Side Tournament 2011 edition with
Strathmore Leos. This came after a long dry spell of trophies in the
10-A-Side version of the game.
*Monate Akuei
*Mike Okombe
*Gibson Weru
*Oscar Ouma
*Edwins Makori
*Simon Wariuki
*Nick Lang'o
*Sammy Warui
*Davis Yangah
*Martin Mwita
*Martin Owillah
*Phillip Kwame
*Dallo Chituyi
*Joseph Maina
*Isaiah Nyariki
*Edwin Shimenga
*Shem Ndeithi
References
External links
Nakuru RFC
Rugby union teams in Kenya
Sport in Rift Valley Province
Nakuru
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