Kenya women's national rugby sevens team

Kenya
Union	Kenya Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Lionesses
Ground(s)	RFUEA Ground
Coach(es)	Mike Shamiah
Captain(s)	Catherine Abilla

Kenya women's national rugby union sevens team is Kenya's representative in Rugby sevens. They play in several tournaments including the African Women's Sevens Championship, Dubai Invitational Sevens and the Hong Kong Women's Sevens.

Kenya's captain Aberdeen Shikoyi died on 29 May 2012 after an injury she sustained in a match against Uganda.

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Kenya

Summer Olympics

Olympics Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Qualified
Total	0 Titles	1/1	-	-	-	-

Rugby Africa Women's Sevens

Rugby Africa Women's Sevens record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2006	Semi Final	03 !	4	2	2	0
2007	Semi Final	03 !	5	3	2	0
2008	Semi Final	03 !	5	3	2	0
2012	Final	02 !	5	4	1	0
2013	Semi Final	4	4	1	3	0
2014	Final	02 !	5	3	2	0
2015	Final	02 !	6	5	1	0
Total	0 Titles	7/7	34	21	13	0

2015 Rugby Africa Women's Sevens

Pool Stage

Kenya 46-7 Botswana
Kenya 52-0 Senegal
Kenya 19-7 Tunisia
Kenya 33-0 Madagascar

Semi Finals

Kenya 39-0 Zimbabwe

Final

Kenya 5-31 South Africa

Squad

Squad to 2015 Rugby Africa Women's Sevens^[1]

Catherine Abilla (c)
Camilyne Oyuayo
Sheila Chajira
Celestine Masinde
Laventer Oguta
Irene Otieno
Janet Awino
Janet Akello
Linet Moraa
Philadelphia Olando
Rachel Mbogo
Sinaida Aura

Management

Mike Shamiah - Head Coach
Sarah Otieno - Team Manager
Ben Mahinda - Physiotherapist

References

↑ "Kenya Squad". Retrieved March 24, 2016.

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

Women's national rugby sevens teams

WR Women's Sevens core teams	Australia Canada England Fiji France Ireland Japan New Zealand Russia Spain United States

Other teams	Arabian Gulf Argentina Austria Barbados Belgium Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burundi Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Finland Germany Ghana Great Britain Guam Guyana Hong Kong India Iran Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mexico Moldova Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Scotland Senegal Serbia Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Venezuela Wales Zambia Zimbabwe

Competitions	Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Women's Sevens Series IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup

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