The Eric Shirley Shield is a second tier domestic Rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 league in Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. In recent years the competition has been split into two pools of eight, due to the increase in the number of teams entered.
Pool A consists of teams from the east of Kenya, mainly from Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

 these are:

• Homeboyz RFC
  Homeboyz RFC
  Homeboyz RFC is a Rugby Union club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They were founded at the end of the 2009 Kenyan rugby season and took part in selected legs of the 2010 National Sevens Circuit and the Eric Shirley Shield, which they won in their inaugural year. Homeboyz were crowned champions after a...
  
  
• KCB II
  Kenya Commercial Bank RFC
  Kenya Commercial Bank Rugby Football Club, is a Rugby union team based in Nairobi, Kenya. It was formed in 1989 after the dispanding of Kenya Breweries RFC when the main sponsor Kenya Breweries, pulled out. That year they joined the Kenya Cup. Their first match was against Impala RFC whom they beat...
  
  
• Nondescripts II
  Nondescripts RFC
  Nondescripts Rugby Football Club is a Kenyan rugby club based in Nairobi. The club is the oldest in Kenya, and was founded in 1923 after the splitting of the Nairobi rugby club. The club 1st XV compete in the Kenya Cup, while the 2nd XV compete in the Eric Shirley Shield...
  
  
• Harlequins II
  Kenya Harlequins
  The Kenya Harlequin Football Club is a Kenyan rugby union team who play at the top level of Kenyan rugby, they are holders of the 2010 Kenya Cup and 2010 Enterprise Cup. Harlequin players make up the vast majority of the 2011 Kenya national rugby union team...
  
  
• Nakuru II
  Nakuru RFC
  Nakuru Rugby Football Club also known as 'Wanyore' is a Kenyan rugby club based in Nakuru. It has played for several years in the Kenya Cup and Eric Shirley Shield leagues...
  
  
• Impala II
  Impala RFC
  Impala Rugby Football Club is a Kenyan rugby club based at the Impala Club . The club competes in the Kenya Cup as well as the Enterprise Cup...
  
  
• Mwamba II
  Mwamba RFC
  Mwamba Rugby Football Club, also known as Mwamba RFC, is a Kenyan rugby union club based in Nairobi.The club was founded in 1977 with the aim of promoting rugby among indigenous Kenyans when the game was still dominated by the whites in Kenya. The club played at the Nairobi Railway Club next to...
  
  

Pool B consist of teams form the west of Kenya, these are:

• Kisumu RFC
• Masinde Muliro
  Masinde Muliro
  Masinde Muliro was a Kenyan politician, one of the central figures in the shaping of the political landscape in Kenya. A renowned freedom fighter, he campaigned for the restoration of multi-party democracy in Kenya in his later years....
  
  
• Kakamega
  Kakamega
  Kakamega is a town in western Kenya lying about 30 km north of the Equator. It is the headquarters of . The town has a population of 73,607 ....
  
  
• Moi University
  Moi University
  Moi University is a Kenyan public university located in Eldoret, western Kenya. It is one of seven fully fledged public institutions of higher learning in Kenya...
  
  
• Bungoma
  Bungoma
  Bungoma is a town in Western Province of Kenya, bordered by Uganda in the west. Bungoma town was established as a trading centre in the early 20th century. The town is the headquarters of Kenya's Bungoma District and it hosts a municipal council...
  
  
• Maseno University
  Maseno University
  Maseno University is a university based in Maseno, near Kisumu, in Kenya and was founded in 1991. It is one of the seven public universities in Kenya. The University is located in Maseno Township along Kisumu-Busia road, some 25 km from Kisumu City and 400 km west of Nairobi. It has two campuses:...
  
  
• Siaya
  Siaya
  Siaya is a town in Nyanza Province of Kenya. It is the capital of Siaya District. It is located 50 kilometres Northwest of Kisumu, the provincial capital. Siaya forms munipical council with population of 41,174, of whom 13,787 are classified urban ....
  
  
• Webuye RFC

There was a major upset in 1982 when Lenana School

Lenana School

Lenana School is a high school in Nairobi, Kenya. It was formed in 1949 by colonial governor Philip Euen Mitchell in 1949, known then as the Duke of York School...

 won the shield.

Champions

• 2010: Homeboyz RFC
  Homeboyz RFC
  Homeboyz RFC is a Rugby Union club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They were founded at the end of the 2009 Kenyan rugby season and took part in selected legs of the 2010 National Sevens Circuit and the Eric Shirley Shield, which they won in their inaugural year. Homeboyz were crowned champions after a...
  
  
• 2009: Kenya Harlequins
  Kenya Harlequins
  The Kenya Harlequin Football Club is a Kenyan rugby union team who play at the top level of Kenyan rugby, they are holders of the 2010 Kenya Cup and 2010 Enterprise Cup. Harlequin players make up the vast majority of the 2011 Kenya national rugby union team...
  
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• 1982: Lenana School
  Lenana School
  Lenana School is a high school in Nairobi, Kenya. It was formed in 1949 by colonial governor Philip Euen Mitchell in 1949, known then as the Duke of York School...
  
  
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