Kenya women's national rugby union team

The Kenya women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Kenya, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 2006.

For the men's team, see Kenya national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Kenya women's national rugby sevens team.
Kenya
Nickname(s)Lionesses
UnionKenya Rugby Union
Head coachFelix Oloo
CaptainPhiladelphia Olando
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current24 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
 Kenya 0 - 24 Uganda 
(Nairobi, Kenya; September 9, 2006)
Biggest win
 Kenya 38 - 5 Uganda 
(Nairobi, Kenya; August 15, 2009)
Biggest defeat
 South Africa 39 - 0 Kenya 
(Brakpan, South Africa; August 17, 2019)

History

Kenya were runners-up at the 2019 Rugby Africa Women's Cup which also doubled as a World Cup qualifying tournament.[1] Despite their loss, the Lionesses still advanced to a cross-regional repechage play-off against Colombia.[2] However, their last chances of qualifying were dashed with a narrow 15 - 16 loss to Colombia in Nairobi.[3]

Results summary

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Kenya internationals 2006-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Madagascar 2019 1 1 0 0 100.00%
 South Africa 2019 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Uganda 2006 21 12 1 8 57.14%
Summary 2006 23 13 1 9 56.52%

Results

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

Full internationals
[553]
2006-09-09 Uganda  24-0  Kenya Kampala [3/1/1]
[558]
2006-08-12 Kenya  0-3  Uganda Nairobi [2/4/2]
[699]
2008-05-24 Uganda  18-7  Kenya Kampala [5/3/3]
[711]
2008-08-16 Kenya  15-13  Uganda Nairobi [4/6/4]
[762]
2009-08-15 Kenya  38-5  Uganda Nairobi [5/7/5]
[771]
2009-08-29 Uganda  12-5  Kenya Kampala [8/6/6]
[831]
2010-07-03 Uganda  8-5  Kenya Kampala [11/9/9]
[832]
2010-07-10 Kenya  16-8  Uganda Nairobi [10/12/10]
[891]
2011-07-09 Kenya  22-10  Uganda Nairobi [11/13/11]
[898]
2011-07-16 Uganda  29-10  Kenya Kampala [14/12/12]
[935]
2012-04-21 Uganda  15-6  Kenya Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala [15/13/13]
[936]
2012-04-28 Kenya  15-3  Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi [14/16/14]
[993]
2013-06-15 Kenya  18-17  Uganda Moi Sports Centre, Nairobi [15/17/15]
[994]
2013-06-22 Uganda  13-8  Kenya Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala [18/16/16]
[1055]
2014-07-12 Uganda  15-33  Kenya Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala [20/17/17]
[1056]
2014-07-19 Kenya  39-10  Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi [18/21/18]
[1111]
2015-06-13 Kenya  5-5  Uganda RFUEA Ground, Nairobi [19/22/19]
[1112]
2015-06-20 Uganda  6-7  Kenya Legends Ground, Kampala [23/20/20]
[?]
2019-06-22 Kenya  44–13   Uganda Mamboleo Showground, Kisumu [21/24/21]
[?]
2019-07-13 Uganda  5–35   Kenya Kyadondo Rugby Club, Kampala [25/22/22]
[?]
2019-08-09 RAC Madagascar  5–35  Kenya Bosman Stadium, Brakpan [1/23/1]
[?]
2019-08-13 RAC Kenya  37–5  Uganda Bosman Stadium, Brakpan [24/27/23]
[?]
2019-08-17 RAC South Africa  39–0  Kenya Bosman Stadium, Brakpan [26/25/1]

Other matches
[-]
2005-08-13 Ugandan Select XV  58-0  Kenyan Barbarians Kampala [-/-/-]

2019 Elgon Cup Squad
PlayerClub Team
Juliet NyamburaNorthern Suburbs
Imogen HooperNorthern Suburbs
Knight OtuomaKisumu
Mercy MigongoHomeboyz
Winfred MainaMwamba
Stacy AtienoMwamba
Everlyne KalimeraMwamba
Victoria GichureNorthern Suburbs
Enid OumaHomeboyz
Emmaculate OwiroHomeboyz
Millicent OpalaHomeboyz
Bernadette OleisiaShamas
Janet AwinoHomeboyz
Michelle AkinyiImpala
Leah WambuiHomeboyz
Irene OtienoHomeboyz
Veronicah WanjikuNakuru
Winnie OwinoImpala
Grace AdhiamboNakuru
Anjeline ApiyoNakuru
Ann NjeriImpala
Philadelphia OrlandoNorthern Suburbs
Celestine MasindeMwamba
Sophie AyietaHomeboyz
Christabel LindoImpala
Diana AwinoImpala
Jamari AgathaMwamba
Stella WafulaImpala
Janet OkeloMwamba

References
  1. "Kenya Lionesses head to South Africa for test series". nation.africa. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-11-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Lionesses squad to face Colombia revealed". Rugby Afrique. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  3. Wamathai, James (2021-08-25). "Hard fighting Kenya Women's Rugby team narrowly lose to Colombia in World Cup qualifier". HapaKenya. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
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