The Kenya women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of

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, representing them at

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. The side first played in 2006.

History

Kenya were runners-up at the

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which also doubled as a World Cup qualifying tournament. Despite their loss, the Lionesses still advanced to a cross-regional repechage play-off against

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. However, their last chances of qualifying were dashed with a narrow 15 - 16 loss to Colombia in

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Results summary

''(Full internationals only)''

Results

Full internationals

Other matches

2019 Elgon Cup Squad

References

External links

Official website

Rugby International
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