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A Real Ninja Rests.

Share this…FacebookTwitterReal Ninjas don’t die, they rest… It is the 9th of June 2017, a group of 12 very excited rugby fans are meeting up at Nairobi CBD for the maiden rugby na tusker tour. The trip which had been in the works for a

Farewell To A Jolly Good Fellow, Tony Onyango.

Share this…FacebookTwitterFor he is a jolly good fellow, for he is a jolly good fellow…for he is a jolly good feeellooow, which nobody can deny! It is now over a week since news of Tony’s passing hit us like a canon ball, right in the

The Real Jadhah Rests!

Share this…FacebookTwitter “A rugby man is one who is so consumed by rugby’s core values – integrity, passion, solidarity, discipline and respect – that they permeate every aspect of his life until he becomes one with them, and I’ve known one such man Richard Otieno

The Shamas Dream.

Share this…FacebookTwitterIt is sometime in 2009 and an eager Mr. Azim Deen is looking for a place to take his 5 year old son for rugby training around Nairobi. After a few false starts, he finally stumbles on a hand full of kids on a

“I Am The Best Number 9 In This Country!”

Share this…FacebookTwitter“I am the best Number 9 in this country!” A wide grinned Muttley would always remark, whenever we met, a man who made myself and a great number of those who found him at the Nairobi School, fall in love with the sport of

The Magic of Rabadaa!

Share this…FacebookTwitterThere is always something magical that happens every time a group of people pick up a rugby ball to play a round of touch rugby, whether on a Tuesday evening before a training session or a random Sunday afternoon at a friend’s backyard. There