Collins Injera lands new role at Mwamba Rugby Club

By Peter Ochieng

Former rugby player Collins Injera has landed a role on the Mwamba Rugby Club technical bench.

The 36-year-old Injera who retired in January, 2023 has joined the Mwamba Rugby Club as defence and attack coach.

His appointment was confirmed by Director of Rugby at the Club Fahad Adil Mohamed, on Tuesday, 18th April, 2023.

He will work alongside Peter Kepher who takes a new role as skills and development coach.

Additionally, the two will serve as assistant coaches to the head coach, who will be announced at a later date.

“We are happy to have Collins join the team. He has been a quality player for club and country and no doubt he will be a huge asset to our technical bench. He is a clubman through and through and he is happy to continue working with us,” Fahad said, as quoted by the Club's website.

On his part, Injera said it feels nice to be back as a coach after previously spending quality time at Mwamba Rugby Club as a player.

He says he is looking forward to working with the rest of the technical unit and the playing staff.

“I am excited to start working with Peter and the rest of the staff, and to join the Mwamba Rugby in it’s rebuild journey. The current crop of players is made up of young, hungry and good quality players who are eager to learn and improve,” he added.

Injera holds the second place for number of tries scored on the World Rugby Sevens Series with 271.

He achieved the feat while playing for the Kenya National Sevens team, popularly known as Shujaa, for over 15 years.