Kenya national rugby union team (sevens)

Kenya national rugby union team (sevens)

The Kenya national rugby union sevens team compete in the IRB Sevens World Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens.

History

For main article see Rugby union in Kenya

Honours

* Runners up in the Plate Competition at the London Sevens Tournament in 2006. They lost 42-7 in the Final to ru7|ZAF, but beat ru7|AUS 26-7 on their way to the Final.
* Winners of the Plate competition at the 2007 South Africa Sevens, defeating fellow surprise package, the ru7|USA, 15-14 in the final.
*It won the Team of the Year category for men at the 2007 Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year awards [ [http://www.soyaawards.com/winners.html SOYA Awards - 2007 winners] ] .

Players

Current squad

* Humphery Khayange (Co-Captain)
* Collins Injera
* Peter Ocholla
* Horace Otieno
* Dennis Mwanja (Vice Captain)
* Innocent Simiyu (Co-Captain)
* Lavin Asego
* Biko Adema
* Charles Kanyi
* Leon Adongo
* Philip Moturi
* Naftali Bondo
* Victor Oduor
* George Mbaye
* Allan Onyango
* Victor Sudi Simiyu
* Nato Simiyu
* Brian Nyikuli
* Allan Makaka
* Joshua Gathumbi

Notable former players

*Lucas Onyango
*Oscar Osir

Sponsors

* Virgin Atlantic Airlines [ [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Virgin-Atlantic/6757437678 ] .

References

See also

* IRB Sevens World Series
* Rugby World Cup Sevens
* Kenya national rugby union team


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