The Kenya national rugby sevens team competes in the

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and the

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. Kenya recorded its first tournament win in the

after beating Fiji at the 2016 Singapore Sevens. Kenya has also been successful in the

, reaching the semifinals in

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and again in

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. The Kenya Sevens team is sometimes referred to by the Kenyan and international press as ''Shujaa'', a

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word meaning courage, confidence, bravery, or heroism. The Kenya national rugby sevens team is one of the more successful sporting teams representing Kenya. They have won the men's Team of the Year category six times at the

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Awards: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, and 2016. Kenya won the first round of the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in

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. They were runners-up in the overall series and qualified for the SVNS promotion and relegation play-off competition at the 2024 Spain Sevens.

Honors

* Main Cup winners at the 2016 Singapore Sevens * Main cup finalists at the **

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2018 Canada Sevens The 2018 Canada Sevens was the third edition of the Canada Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 10–11 March at BC Place in Vancouver. Format The teams were drawn in ...

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World Rugby Sevens Series

Kenya has competed in the World Series every year since the competition's inception in 1999–2000. Kenya's best season came in

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when they finished fifth in the Series.

Collins Injera Collins Injera, OGW, OLY (born 18 October 1986) is a former Kenyan rugby player. He holds third place for the number of tries scored on the World Rugby Sevens Series with 279. He is known for his achievements with Kenyan national rugby sevens t ...

and

Humphrey Kayange Humphrey Kayange (born 20 July 1982) is a Kenyan former rugby union player and organic chemist. Kayange is known within the rugby sevens community, as he has produced some of the best performances for the Kenya national sevens side. He is a form ...

were both nominated for World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year in 2009, but lost to England's Ollie Phillips.

Tournament history

Summer Olympic Games

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Commonwealth Games

Africa Men's Sevens

Safari Sevens

Kenya has won the Safari Sevens ten times: * 1997 versus

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Schoolboys 24–27, * 2000 Kenya 'A' (''Shujaa'') won, defeating

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RFC, 26–24 * 2003 versus

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29–7, * 2004 versus

10–7, * 2008 versus

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35–12, * 2009 versus

40–19, * 2010 versus

17–12, * 2014 versus Australia Renegades 40–7, * 2016 versus Samurai International 38–21 * 2019 versus Springbok Sevens 19–12.

Players

Current squad

KAISO U18 Team

KAISO U16 Team

Former squads

Head coach: Benjamin Ayimba #

# Allan Onyango # Victor Oduor # Ben Nyambu # Wilson Opondo # Lavin Asego #

Biko Adema Biko Wolfgang Adema (born September 1, 1987) is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. He was selected for to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. He was a member of Kenya's squad for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens The 2013 Rugby World Cup Se ...

# Innocent Simiyu #

# Sidney Ashioya # Gibson Weru # Horace Otieno Coach: Mike Friday # Horace Otieno # Oscar Ouma Achieng # Patrice Agunda # Felix Ayange # Eden Agero #

# Andrew Amonde ( c) # Michael Wanjala # Lavin Asego #

# Willy Ambaka Coach: Innocent Simiyu Head coach: Innocent Simiyu

Player records

The following refers to statistics generated in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active.

was briefly ranked the #1 player in the world in tries scored, until his try-scoring record was surpassed by England's

Dan Norton Daniel John Norton (born 22 March 1988) is a former rugby union player. He is the leading all-time try scorer in the World Rugby Sevens Series with over 350 tries, beating the previous record of 244 held by Kenya's Collins Injera at the 2017 ...

Award winners

The following Kenya Sevens players have been recognised at the

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since 2004:

References

External links

Official website

WorldRugby profile
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