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Homeboyz Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Nairobi, Kenya, that competes in the Kenya Cup, Eric Shirley Shield, Enterprise Cup and Mwamba Cup. Formed in 2009, Homeboyz also has a women's team that competes in the Kenya Rugby Football Union women's league every year. Both the men's and women's teams also compete in the Kenya National Sevens Circuit that happens annually. Their main home ground is Jamhuri Park.
The Japan women's national rugby sevens team has competed in competitions such as the Hong Kong Women's Sevens.
Kenya women's national rugby sevens team plays in several tournaments including the African Women's Sevens Championship, Dubai Invitational Sevens and the Hong Kong Women's Sevens.
Danielle "Nolli" Waterman is a retired professional English rugby union, rugby sevens player and current rugby commentator. As a member of England's national rugby union team, she became a multiple Six Nations Championship winner and World Champion in 2014. She was selected for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.
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Brittany "Britt" Benn is a Canadian rugby union player. She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was a member of the touring squad that played France and England in November 2013.
Charlotte Emily Caslick is an Australian professional representative and Olympic level rugby union player. She represents Australia in rugby sevens and in touch football. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Ben Pinkelman is an American rugby union former player and current coach. As a player, he represented the United States in rugby sevens and the traditional fifteens version of the game. By the age of 25 Pinkelman competed in the highest profile tournaments in rugby sevens and rugby fifteens — the 2016 Olympics in Rio and the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. He debuted for the United States sevens team at the 2016 Wellington 7's. He last played in 2021, and retired due to back injury.
Evania Faaea Pelite is an Australian rugby union and rugby league player. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Oscar Ayodi is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. He competed for Kenya 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team that won the 2016 Singapore Sevens, Kenya's first tournament victory. He shared the DHL Impact Player award at the Singapore Sevens with Kitione Taliga of Fiji.
Samuel Oliech is a Kenyan rugby sevens player. He competed for Kenya 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the victorious team that won the 2016 Singapore Sevens. He competed for Kenya at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.
Ignacio Mendy is an Argentine rugby union player who plays for the Benetton. He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics. His playing position is fullback.
Marcos Moneta is an Argentine rugby sevens player. He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Moneta received World Rugby's Men’s Sevens Player of the Year award for 2021.
Santiago Mare is an Argentine rugby union player.he played for Italian team Mogliano in Top10. He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Andrew S. Knewstubb is a New Zealand rugby sevens and rugby union player. His position is fullback. He represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Herman Humwa is a Kenyan rugby sevens player who represents Kenya internationally. He made his Olympic debut representing Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Alvin Otieno is a Kenyan rugby sevens player who represents Kenya internationally. He made his Olympic debut representing Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Aline Ribeiro Furtado is a Brazilian rugby sevens player. She made her debut appearance at the Olympics representing Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ "Daniel Taabu". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "#KulabuAwards: Daniel Taabu and Sarah Oluche named Stanbic Mwamba's best". Mwamba Rugby. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ worldrugby.org. "Men's Standings - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | world.rugby/sevens-series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ↑ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Men's sevens squads". World Rugby . 6 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
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