The 2009 rugby season is just about to start and I have great expectations for local rugby this year, which I am sure are shared by many at Mean Machine. Read more here. … [Read more...]
The Awkward Squad
January 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This photo was taken at Lenana School Nairobi; previously Duke of York School, in front of Delamere House. While strictly speaking not an M File, I feel that this time and place in history resonates well with our Founding Era. Read more here … [Read more...]
Try Time!!!
November 3, 2008 By 4 Comments
In September 2008, the Kenya Women's Rugby National Seven a Side team put on a gallant fight in the Womens Rugby World Cup Sevens Qualifiers and came in third. Unfortunately, only the top two made it through to the Rugby World Cup in Dubai in 2009. Kenya were the only team to score against South … [Read more...]
LONG VERSUS SHORT: which way for Kenyan Rugby?
October 30, 2008 By 4 Comments
It has been argued that fifteens rugby in Kenya is suffering because we have concentrated on the sevens version without thinking through the progression to the fifteens code. Are we right to constantly invest so much time and energy into the more viable sevens rugby or should we now regroup and … [Read more...]
DRIVING THE MACHINE
October 17, 2008 By 1 Comment
While in residential camp, the 1976 University of Nairobi rugby squad for the East Africa University games watched the 1974 Hollywood blockbuster “The Longest Yard”. Starring Burt Reynolds as Paul Crewe, the movie was about a convicted American Football player who despite having been asked by … [Read more...]
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