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Rugby coach has his work cut out

Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) may have got it right in re-appointing former Kenyan international Innocent ‘Namcos’ Simiyu as Shujaa head coach, but it will not be a walk in the park for him. Namcos certainly has his work cut out, if his past experience with the union and the coaching musical chairs at the national sevens team that have denied them stability and success is anything to go by.

Just when the team looks to have started doing well, the union falls out with the coaches before either firing them or mutually parting ways.

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