Collins Injera back in Simbas squad for 2nd Currie Cup showdown
Kenyan rugby legend Collins Injera has made a comeback to the 15's national side a year after hinting out his retirement from the sevens national side dubbed shujaa.
Collins Injera
Injera joins Paul Odera's named Simbas squad that will do duty against South Africa’s EP Elephants in their final Currie Cup fixture at the RFUEA Ground on Saturday 11 June 2022.
The rugby talisman last played for the Simbas during the World Cup repechage in France four years ago but has played for his club side Mwamba in the Kenya Cup.
Odera has named the experienced duo of Collins Injera and Jacob Ojee on the wings with another seasoned campaigner, Darwin Mukidza rounding off the back three.
John Okoth and Vincent Onyala maintain their midfield partnership with half backs Samuel Asati and Dominic Coulson completing the Simbas starting backline.
Patrick Ouko, Brian Waraba and Ephraim Oduor are the starting front row with Malcolm Onsando and Thomas Okeyo the designated locks as George Nyambua, Martin Owila and Bethuel Anami make up the back row.
Commenting on the build up to this fixture, Odera said, “It’s been a fantastic week, obviously with every win, there’s always the confidence that comes into the team and after last week’s performance, the mood in camp has been very buoyant as expected and it has been quite a challenge to point out to the boys that there is still a lot to do."
“We are reminding the players that good teams produce good performances week in, week out. They need to prove to themselves, the coaching staff and Kenyans that they can put in a good performance for the second consecutive week. We don’t have Eugene Sifuna as he has gone to deal with his academic commitments, “added Odera.
Elephants Assistant Coach Zane Bosch said, “ It is a very important match for us as we are playing in the semifinal next Friday, so we are using this match as a preparation towards that fixture. The aim is to come and do as best as we can and build a good platform going forward.”
𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴:
15.𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘻𝘢, 14. 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘖𝘫𝘦𝘦, 13. 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘖𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘢, 12. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘖𝘬𝘰𝘵𝘩, 11. 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘫𝘦𝘳𝘢, 10. 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯, 9. 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪, 1. 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘖𝘶𝘬𝘰, 2. 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘢, 3. 𝘌𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘖𝘥𝘶𝘰𝘳, 4. 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘮 𝘖𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰, 5. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘖𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘰, 6. 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘕𝘺𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘢, 7. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘢, 8. 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘙𝘌𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚 16. 𝘛𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘈𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘢, 17. 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘔𝘸𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢, 18. 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘖𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘰, 19. 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘮𝘢, 20. 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦, 21. 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢, 22. 𝘉𝘳𝘺𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘬𝘢, 23. Andrew Matoka
𝘌𝘗 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴:
15. 𝘔𝘣𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘺𝘪, 14. 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘭, 13. 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘰𝘴𝘪 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘦, 12. 𝘙𝘪𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 11. 𝘙𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴, 10. 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬, 9. 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘭, 1. 𝘚𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘰 𝘓𝘢𝘭𝘪, 2. 𝘋𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘶 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴, 3. 𝘚𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘸𝘦, 4. 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯, 5. 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦, 6. 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘰 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘴, 7. 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘏𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯, 8. 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘰𝘴𝘪 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴𝘢 𝘙𝘌𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚 16. 𝘔𝘻𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯, 17. 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘡𝘺𝘭, 18. 𝘝𝘪𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴, 19. 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪 𝘔𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘰, 20. 𝘈𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘒𝘭𝘦𝘺𝘯, 21. 𝘚𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 22. 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘯𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦, 23. 𝘈𝘺𝘢 𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵
