The Kenya national sevens team, popularly known as Shujaa is expected to enter their residential 5-week camp at Kasarani Stadium.
The team will thereafter commence their preparations for the upcoming Commonwealth Games and the Rugby World Cup 7s.
This year’s Commonwealth Games are scheduled to take place in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August.
Shujaa has had a disappointing season at the World Sevens Series, languishing in 12th place on the log with 37 points.
With eight tournaments done Shujaa has only qualified for the Main Cup quarters twice.
Newly-appointed head coach Damian McGrath will now be seeking to change that notion while in camp as the team gears up for the Rugby World Cup 7s.
McGrath will be hoping to restore Shujaa’s mojo and long-lost confidence after a series of poor results in the 2021/2022 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Circuit.
The poor results have left the team in the relegation-threatened 13th position on 38 points.
McGrath had taken over from the fired Innocent ‘Namcos’ Simiyu towards the end of May and oversaw the team immediately in Toulouse and London.
Soon after the Commonwealth Games, the team will break and resume training for the Los Angeles Sevens in late August and the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in Cape Town, South Africa in September.
Shujaa also managed to qualify for the World Cup games after finishing third in the 2021 Rugby Africa 7s tournament held in Kampala, Uganda.