The Kenya national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. They are currently one of the 15 "core teams" of the World Series, with a guaranteed place in all ten events each season. Kenya recorded its first tournament win in the World Rugby Sevens Series after beating Fiji at the 2016 Singapore Sevens.
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Honors
- Main Cup winners at the 2016 Singapore Sevens
- Semi finalists at the 2009 and 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens
- Main cup finalists at the 2009 Adelaide Sevens and the 2013 Wellington Sevens
- Won the Team of the Year category for men at the Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year Awards:
- 2004,
- 2007,
- 2008,
- 2009,
- 2013.
- Safari Sevens winners
- 1997 versus Cumbria Schoolboys 24-27,
- 2000 Kenya 'A' (Shujaa) won, defeating Bristol University RFC, 26-24
- 2003 versus Emerging Springboks 29-7,
- 2004 versus Emerging Springboks 10-7,
- 2008 versus Zimbabwe 35-12,
- 2009 versus Emerging Springboks 40-19,
- 2010 versus Emerging Springboks 17-12,
- 2014 versus Australia Renegades 40-7,
- 2016 versus Samurai International 38-21.
Kenya Sevens Rugby Video
Tournament history
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Kenya
Summer Olympic Games Record
Rugby World Cup Sevens
World Rugby Sevens Series
Commonwealth Games
Africa Cup Sevens
Team
Current squad
Previous Squads
The following is the Kenya roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Benjamin Ayimba
Notable former players
- Lucas Onyango
- Joshua Gathumbi
- Oscar Osir
- Benjamin Ayimba
- Innocent Simiyu
Nickname
Kenya have sometimes mistakenly been referred to as Shujaa by the international press; in fact Shujaa are the Kenya sevens 'A' (or second) team. Shujaa is a Swahili word (also used as a boys' name) meaning courage, confidence, bravery, prowess or heroism.
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