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Rugby union in Kenya is a popular sport, in particular due to the success of the Kenya national rugby sevens team in the rugby sevens format, and tournaments such as the Safari Sevens, which has been growing yearly, and now includes numerous international teams.
The Kenya national rugby union team, commonly known as the Simbas (Swahili for lions), is the country's national team managed by the Kenya Rugby Union. The team plays in red, green, and black jerseys with black or white shorts. The Simbas represent Kenya in the Africa Cup and various other tournaments across the continent.
Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) is the governing body for rugby union in Kenya. It was founded in 1970 and is affiliated to Rugby Africa and the international governing body World Rugby. [1] KRU is responsible for the running of the Kenya national rugby union team, domestic club and school rugby competitions.
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.
Kenya Harlequin Football Club, (Harlequins or Quins for short) is a Kenyan rugby union club that competes in the Kenya Cup, the top level of Kenyan rugby. The club motto " Nunquam Dormio " is Latin, meaning I never sleep .
A maul during a match between KCB RFC and Quins. The Kenya Cup is the top tier club rugby union competition in Kenya organized by the Kenya Rugby Union.For the 2019-2020 season, twelve teams are divided into two pools of six, Each team plays home and away against each team in its pool and once against each team in the other pool.
First played in 1999, the Kenya National Sevens Circuit is an annual series of rugby sevens tournaments run by the Kenya Rugby Union in conjunction with host clubs featuring teams from across the country. Teams compete for the National Sevens Circuit title by accumulating points based on their finishing position in each tournament.
The Nationwide League is a domestic Kenyan rugby union competition. [1] Full members of the Kenya Rugby Union that do not participate in the top tier Kenya Cup are entitled to participate in the league. [2] It operates in a system of promotion and relegation with the Kenya Cup.