Details of KRU Women’s 10 Aside Festival
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Action will get underway at 0900 hours with the opening pool matches, setting the tone for a packed day of rugby
On Saturday, 31 January, the RFUEA Grounds will have its gates fly open to an extraordinary event; the Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) Women’s 10 Aside Festival.
The tournament is set to bring together emerging outfits and established sides for a full day of competitive rugby.
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According to KRU, the festival is designed as a platform to nurture competition and growth. It will offer a vibrant showcase of the rising strength of women’s rugby in Kenya and forms a key pillar of the KRU Development Department’s wider mission to expand the women’s game and establish clear, sustainable development pathways for female players across the country.
The competition format will see teams contest the pool stages before progressing to the plate semi-finals and main cup semi-finals.
From there, sides will battle it out in the plate finals as well as the third-place playoff, all culminating in the main cup final, where the tournament champions will be crowned.
A total of ten teams have registered for the festival and have been split into two pools of five.
The Kenya Rugby Union Women’s 10 Aside Festival heads to the RFUEA Grounds on 31st January, bringing together 10 teams for a full day of competitive action aimed at growing and strengthening the women’s game. The tournament is designed to offer both emerging and established sides… pic.twitter.com/FQbxFGEX9b
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Pool A features Kenya Cup defending champions Mwamba Women, newly established Quins Queens, NYS Spades, Pioneer Gilgil, and Murang’a Ladies.
Pool B comprises Northern Suburbs, Blad Babes, NYS Scorpions, Kiamba Ladies, and Kisii University.
Action will get underway at 0900 hours with the opening pool matches, setting the tone for a packed day of rugby.
The final whistle is scheduled for 1750 hours, when the winners of the main cup final will be confirmed.
Significantly, the Women’s 10 Aside Festival will also serve as a pace-setter for the 2026 Kenya Cup Women League, which is slated to kick off on Saturday, 7 February 2026.
It will also serve as a talent identification platform for national team coaches as they look to expand the player pool and build depth in support of the Lionesses’ push for a coveted HSBC SVNS spot.
