Kenya women's national rugby sevens team

Kenya
Union Kenya Rugby Union
Nickname(s) Lionesses
Ground(s) RFUEA Ground
Coach(es) Kevin Wambua
Captain(s) Philadelphia Olando
Team kit

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.

Kenya qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by winning the 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens.[1][2][3]

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Kenya

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Placement round11th5140
Total0 Titles1/15140

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Australia 2018 Placement round6th5320
Total0 Titles1/15320

Rugby Africa Women's Sevens

Rugby Africa Women's Sevens record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Uganda 2008 Semi Final 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 5320
Morocco 2012 Final 2nd, silver medalist(s) 5410
Tunisia 2013 Semi Final 4 4130
Kenya 2014 Final 2nd, silver medalist(s) 5320
South Africa 2015 Final 2nd, silver medalist(s) 6510
Zimbabwe 2016 Final 2nd, silver medalist(s) 5410
Tunisia 2017 Final 2nd, silver medalist(s) 6510
Botswana 2018 Final 1st, gold medalist(s) 5500
Total1 Titles8/84130110

2017 Rugby Africa Women's Sevens

Pool Stage

  • Kenya 27-5 Madagascar
  • Kenya 38-0 Senegal
  • Kenya 47-0 Zimbabwe

Quarter Finals

  • Kenya 47-0 Morocco

Semi Finals

  • Kenya 26-7 Tunisia

Final

  • Kenya 12-17 South Africa

Team

Current squad

Squad to the 2018 Commonwealth Games[4]

Previous squads

The following is the Kenya roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]

Head coach: Michael Mulima

BacksForwards
4Rachael Adhiambo Mbogo1Stacy Awour Otieno
5Linet Arasa2Janet Awuor Awino
7Doreen Remour Nziwa3Sheila Kavugwe Chajira
8Janet Musindalo Okelo6Camilyne Oyuayo
9Irene Awino Otieno12Philadelphia Olando
10Catherine Awino Abilla (c)
11Celestine Navalayo Masinde

References

  1. ↑ worldrugby.org. "Kenya women secure Rio 2016 Olympic Games Rugby Sevens place". Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  2. ↑ "Kenya's Lionesses roar into Rio 2016 rugby tournament after South Africa decline slot". Rio 2016. 15 December 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  3. ↑ Njuguna, William (17 December 2015). "Kenya: Women's Rugby Team Qualifies for Rio 2016 Olympics". allafrica.com. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Kenya Squad". Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Kenya 7s – Olympic Games Women's Sevens". World Rugby. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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