Kenya Rugby Union

Governing body for rugby union in Kenya

Kenya Rugby Union

Sport| Rugby union
Founded| 1970 (1970)
Rugby Afrique affiliation| 1986 (founder member)
President| Alexander Mutai

CEO

| Thomas Odundo
Men's coach| Jerome Paarwater
Women's coach| Dennis Mwanja Kolia
Sevens coach| Kevin "Bling" Wambua
Website| www.kru.co.ke

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. The union shares a home ground, the RFUEA Ground in Nairobi, with Kenya Harlequin.

## Origins

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The Rugby Football Union of Kenya (RFU-K) was initially founded in August 1921 and became operational in 1923 with the formation of the first Nairobi clubs, Nondescripts RFC and Harlequin RFC. In 1953 RFU-K was joined by the rugby unions of Tanganyika and Uganda to form the Rugby Football Union of East Africa (RFUEA) in representing the colonies of British East Africa.[2] RFU-K was dissolved in 1956, with already existing district unions dealing directly with RFUEA.

In 1970, the decision was made to merge the district unions and form the Kenya Rugby Football Union (KRFU) under the umbrella of the RFUEA.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Member Unions". World Rugby.
2. ^ John Nauright (6 April 2012). Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes]: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-1-59884-301-9.
3. ^ Campbell (1960) pp51

## External links

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* Official website

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Summer Olympic Sports|

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Other IOC Recognised Sports|

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Paralympics and Disabled Sports|

Others Sports|

* Rugby League
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Rugby union in Kenya

Governing body|

* Kenya Rugby Union
* Rugby Football Union of East Africa

Multinational teams|

* East Africa (Tuskers)

Men|

* Kenya
* 7s
* U-21
* U-19

Women|

* Women's
* 7s

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

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Rugby union in East Africa

Governing bodies|

* Rugby Football Union of East Africa
* Kenya Rugby Football Union
* Uganda Rugby Union
* Tanzania Rugby Union

Countries|

* Kenya
* Tanzania
* Uganda

Representative sides|

* East Africa (Tuskers)
* Scorpions

Competitions|

* Bamburi Rugby Super Series
* Enterprise Cup
* Elgon Cup
* Elgon Cup (women's)

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Rugby Africa member nations

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

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World Rugby members

Africa|

* Algeria
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Eswatini
* Ghana
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Madagascar
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* South Africa
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

North America|

* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Bermuda
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* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Guyana
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* Mexico
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* St. Vincent & the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

South America|

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Chile
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* Guatemala
* Panama
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* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Azerbaijan
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* India
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* Jordan
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* Korea
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* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan

Europe|

* Andorra
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* Norway
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* Russia
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine
* Wales
* Turkey

Oceania|

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

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