Kenya

Union	Kenya Rugby Union
Emblem(s)	The African lion
Coach(es)	Kevin Wambua
Captain(s)	Vincent Onyala
Most caps	Collins Injera (79)
Top scorer	Collins Injera (1,443)[1]
Most tries	Collins Injera (279)[2]
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	5 (First in 2001)
Best result	3rd place (2009)
Official website
www.kru.co.ke

The Kenya national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games. Kenya recorded its first tournament win in the World Rugby Sevens Series after beating Fiji at the 2016 Singapore Sevens.^[3] Kenya has also been successful in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, reaching the semifinals in 2009 and again in 2013.^{[citation needed]}

The Kenya Sevens team is sometimes referred to by the Kenyan and international press as Shujaa,^[4] a Swahili 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 Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year Awards: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009,^[5][6] 2013, and 2016.

Kenya won the first round of the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai.^[7][8]

Honors

• Main Cup winners at the 2016 Singapore Sevens
• Main cup finalists at the
  • 2009 Adelaide Sevens
  • 2013 Wellington Sevens
  • 2018 Canada Sevens
  • 2018 Hong Kong Sevens

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 2012–13 when they finished fifth in the Series. Collins Injera and Humphrey Kayange 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

Olympic Games record Year Round Position Pld W L D Qualifying 2016 Placement round 11th 5 1 4 0 Won the 2015 Africa Cup Sevens 2020 Placement round 9th 5 2 3 0 Won the 2019 Africa Men's Sevens 2024 Qualified TBD Total Placement round 2/2 10 3 7 0

Olympic Games History 2016 Pool stage  Kenya 7 – 31  Great Britain Loss Pool stage  Kenya 5 – 28  New Zealand Loss Pool stage  Kenya 7 – 31  Japan Loss 9–12th place semifinal  Kenya 12 – 14  Spain Loss Eleventh place playoff  Kenya 24 – 0  Brazil Win 2020 Pool stage  Kenya 14 – 19  United States Loss Pool stage  Kenya 5 – 14  South Africa Loss Pool stage  Kenya 7 – 12  Ireland Loss 9–12th place semifinal  Kenya 21 – 7  Japan Win Ninth place playoff  Kenya 22 – 0  Ireland Win

Rugby World Cup Sevens

World Cup record
Tournament	Round	Position	Played	Won	Lost	Drew	Most tries
1993	Did not qualify
1997
2001	Bowl Semifinals	=19th	7	1	6	0
2005	Bowl Semifinals	=19th	7	3	4	0	Lucas Onyango (6)
2009	Semifinals	=3rd	5	3	2	0	Collins Injera (5)
2013	Semifinals	4th	6	4	2	0	Humphrey Kayange (6)
2018	Challenge quarterfinals	16th	5	1	4	0	Jeffrey Oluoch (4)
2022	11th Place Final	12th	4	1	3	0	Vincent Onyala (4)
Total	0 Titles	6/8	34	13	21	0	C. Injera & H. Kayange (9)

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1998	Bowl Quarterfinals	13th	5	0	5	0
2002	Bowl Semifinals	11th	5	2	3	0
2006	Bowl Champions	9th	6	4	2	0
2010	Plate Semifinals	7th	5	3	2	0
2014	Plate Semifinals	7th	5	2	3	0
2018	Placement round	8th	5	2	3	0
2022	Placement round	=7th	4	2	2	0
Total	0 Titles	7/7	35	15	20	0

Africa Men's Sevens

Africa Men's Sevens record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2000	Finals	2nd	7	5	2	0
2004	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0
2008	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0
2012	Did Not Compete
2013	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0
2014	Finals	2nd	7	5	2	0
2015	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0
2016	Semifinals	3rd	4	3	1	0
2017	Did Not Compete
2018	Finals	2nd	5	4	1	0
2019	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0
2022	Semifinals	3rd	6	4	2	0
2023	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0
Total	6 Titles	11/13	63	55	8	0

Safari Sevens

Kenya has won the Safari Sevens ten times:

• 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
• 2019 versus Springbok Sevens 19–12.

Team

Current squad

The following team was announced as the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens sevens team.^[9][10]

Head coach: Damian McGrath

Former squads

Player records

The following refers to statistics generated in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active. Collins Injera was briefly ranked the #1 player in the world in tries scored, until his try-scoring record was surpassed by England's Dan Norton.