Kenya will be represented by three teams at the 2024 Safri Sevens set for October 11-13, the Kenya Rugby Union have announced.
The union will field the national team, Shujaa, Morans and the winner of the ongoing National Sevens Series.
In an announcement on their social media platforms, KRU said the tournament runs over three days — featuring age-grade rugby, veterans and women's categories and the main tournament (Saturday and Sunday).
The 24-man provisional Shujaa training squad will be finalised mid-next month after the national series.
Shujaa assistant coach Louis Kisia said the tournament will be used to select the squad for the World Seven Series which starts in November with the Dubai leg.
“The tournament will be an opportunity to pick our team for the World Sevens Series and at the same time look for players who can join the Morans squad," added Kisia.
Meanwhile, Kisia revealed that national team coaches are monitoring national team prospects at the national series. They were at Kabeberi Sevens last weekend and have plans to attend the last two, Driftwood in Mombasa and Prinsloo in Nakruru.
"I was at Kabeberi Sevens and the rest of the technical bench will attend the next two rounds as we look for new talent," said Kisia.
Team manager Steve Sewe said he expects the players to have new contracts next month. They expired at the end of August.
Kenya Sevens co-captain Vincent Onyala said the next eight weeks will be vital in correcting the mistakes identified at the Paris Olympic Games, where Shujaa finished ninth.
"Our strength and conditioning has to be better and so are our technical aspects of play. The Olympics was an eye-opener. We are going back to the drawing board to get better for the World Seven Series," he said.
