Kenya Rugby Union

Kenya Rugby Union

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1970
Rugby Afrique affiliation	1986 (founder member)
Men's coach	Jerome Paarwater
Women's coach	Kevin Wambua/Mike Shamiah
Sevens coach	Benjamin Ayimba
Website

Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) is the governing body of Rugby Union in Kenya. It organizes Kenyan rugby union national teams and competitions. It is a member of World Rugby.

Rugby has a long history in Kenya. Rugby Football Union of Kenya (RFU-K) was formed in 1923. The RFU-K was dissolved and the district unions incorporated into the Rugby Football Union of East Africa (RFUEA) upon its formation in 1956.

After the formation of national unions in Uganda and Tanzania it was decided to form the Kenya Rugby Union in 1970 to combine the provincial unions within the country under a national union but still underneath the umbrella of the RFUEA.

The KRU organizes the Kenya national rugby union team and participates in Rugby Afrique tournaments, but has never qualified for the Rugby World Cup. The Kenyan national sevens team is a regular participant in the IRB Sevens World Series, as well the Commonwealth Games and Rugby World Cup Sevens.

The KRU also oversees Kenyan schools rugby competitions; including the Prescott Cup (the primary tier), and the Damu Pevu Shield (the secondary tier).

The home ground of Kenya Rugby Union is the RFUEA Ground in Nairobi

References

External links

Kenya Rugby Union : official website
: official Facebook page
: Official Twitter handle

Rugby union in Kenya

Governing body	Kenya Rugby Union Rugby Football Union of East Africa

Multinational teams	East Africa (Tuskers)

Men	Kenya 7's U-21 U-19

Women	Women's 7's

International Competitions	Africa Cup Elgon Cup Victoria Cup Women's Elgon Cup Safari Sevens

Club Competitions	Kenya Cup Eric Shirley Shield Nationwide League Enterprise Cup Supremacy Cup Nairobi District Championship Bamburi Rugby Super Series Kenya National Sevens Circuit Impala Floodlit

Clubs	Homeboyz RFC Impala RFC Kenya Commercial Bank RFC Kenya Harlequin F.C. Kisumu RFC Mean Machine RFC Mombasa Sports Club Mwamba RFC Nakuru RFC Nondescripts RFC Scorpions RFC Strathmore University RFC

Schools' rugby	Blackrock Rugby Festival Prescott Cup Damu Pevu Shield

Related articles	1955 British Lions tour to South Africa 1962 British Lions tour to South Africa 1964 Wales rugby union tour 2009 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy RFUEA Ground

Rugby union in East Africa

Governing bodies	Rugby Football Union of East Africa Kenya Rugby Football Union Uganda Rugby Football Union Tanzania Rugby Football Union

Rugby Union in	Kenya Tanzania Uganda

Representative sides	East Africa (Tuskers) Scorpions

Competitions	Bamburi Rugby Super Series Enterprise Cup Victoria Cup Elgon Cup

Rugby Africa member nations

Algeria Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Central Africa Chad Congo DR Congo Egypt Gabon Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte* Morocco Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion* Rwanda Senegal Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

The governing body for Mayotte and Réunion is the French Rugby Federation, which is affiliated with World Rugby and which has territorial committees for France's overseas departments and territories. Members in italics are not members of World Rugby

Rugby unions by best performance at the Men's World Cups

Winners	Australia (2 Times) England (Once) New Zealand (3 Times) South Africa (2 Times)

Runners up	France (3 Times)

Third	Argentina (Once) Wales (Once)

Fourth	Scotland (Once)

Quarter Final	Canada (Once) Fiji (2 Times) Ireland (6 Times) Samoa (2 Times)

Pool stages	Côte d'Ivoire (Once) Georgia (4 Times) Italy (8 Times) Japan (8 Times) Namibia (5 Times) Portugal (Once) Romania (8 Times) Russia (Once) Spain (Once) Tonga (7 Times) United States (7 Times) Uruguay (3 Times) Zimbabwe (2 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia

Rugby unions by best performance at the Women's Rugby World Cup

Winners	England (2 Times) New Zealand (4 Times) United States (Once)

Runners up	Canada (Once)

Third	Australia (Once) France (5 Times)

Fourth	Wales (Once) Ireland (Once)

Group stages	Germany (2 Times) Italy (3 Times) Japan (3 Times) Kazakhstan (6 Times) Netherlands (3 Times) Russia (3 Times) Samoa (3 Times) Scotland (5 Times) South Africa (3 Times) Spain (5 Times) Sweden (4 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Argentina Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Fiji Finland Georgia Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Namibia Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

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