Developing Rugby in Kenya

WHY NOT!!!!

As many as of the same opinion in the rugby players community of Kenya will attest having faced multiple challenges in their pursue of the unpopular game in high school. Burdened with negative attitude from the administration and the school, generalizing of poor character towards the players made a many to eventually bulge to pressure  and throw in the towel.

Besides a few schools from Nairobi and traditional elite schools rugby players have always struggled to survive and take this game forward. We must not surrender the dream, we  now enjoy favorable support across the board, the stereotypes are dying.Less parents are seen in schools causing tantrums over their kids playing rugby,indeed we are getting the good will.But there lacks one pillar, you.

 You who played hardship rugby and now a retired player with fond memories of the struggle to strive in this game we need you to come out and steer the destiny of this game.

Take Charge of Development

In our careers and endeavors let us try to pass on the skills of rugby and grow the interest.Soccer seems to have mark timed over time we need another sport for the Kenyan market and social scene and we are not going to "omba serikali" but as we fought to play against all odds in our day we shall raise this sports interest and class.

I urge you to do a thing or two to increase awareness and support growth of this game. I schooled in one prestigious school in Nyanza and though we got to provincial level I competitions we never had a Coach to at least break the complexity of the sport. sometimes we lost due to poor understanding of the rules or game in general,we relied on recorded games and improvised but we fought and fought.

The spirit to fight against schools like Maseno that invested in sport hardened the rugby in me. But as you will imagine of the whole team only two people  are playing club rugby currently the other buds died away.


Kenyan rugby lacks depth because of poor structures in nurturing talent and general lack of interest by the elites in the sport. however much we want to succeed we must realise that we lose more than we have...I can count  numerous players who dropped the game due to lack of development structures or simply did not reside near a rugby town luckily we are now spreading the  game to the grassroots.

Dropped Heroes

Among the painfully missing is Jambazi from Maseno University 03 an explosive 7s player, Bokush Cardinal Otunga High School 03, the guy topped 100 meters run in Nyanza and virtually scored all trys for the school.At some point he had to get off an on going match to run the 100 m race then rush back for the game since the competitions ran concurrently. Many more guys we can recall that were not lucky to get nurtured yet they were amazingly blessed but they lacked direction.

I challenge you to take the initiative and build a young brother or two, give them the knowledge and motivation.we have professionals out their you don't have to take a ball and teach sort but in your career line be receptive market,embrace,support rugby.we are not doomed, we are in the right course, Kenya Airways noticed the potential, Safaricom  we salute you, Tusker has always been with us help us attract more. Take the leadership take the challenge initiate the redemption comrades.... All the best to kenya 7s as they head to Dubai 2012,,,,