Nakuru Rugby Football Club also known as 'Wanyore' is a Kenyan rugby club based in Nakuru

Nakuru

Nakuru, the provincial capital of Kenya's Rift Valley province, with roughly 300,000 inhabitants, and currently the fourth largest urban centre in the country, lies about 1850 m above sea level...

. It has played for several years in the Kenya Cup

Kenya Cup

Kenya Cup is the premier rugby union competition in Kenya. It is organised by the Kenya Rugby Football Union. Kenya cup has currently nine teams and is played in a league format...

 and Eric Shirley Shield

Eric Shirley Shield

The Eric Shirley Shield is a second tier domestic Rugby union league in Kenya. In recent years the competition has been split into two pools of eight, due to the increase in the number of teams entered....

 leagues. Nakuru RFC operates and trains at the Nakuru Athletic Club

Nakuru Athletic Club

Nakuru Athletic Club is a sports club located in Nakuru capital of Rift Valley Province, Kenya.The club also has a cricket team playing in the Rift Valley cricket league.The club ground has hosted many High profile cricket games including a game...

 Grounds in Nakuru.

Nakuru Rugby Football Club is the most successful Club out of Nairobi & it is the only upcountry rugby team that participates in Kenya Cup (the league). In addition to our senior team, Nakuru RFC runs a mini rugby program, a development women’s team & a scholarship program for talented underprivileged players. The Management Committee consists of the Chairman & a 9 man sitting committee who run the affairs of the club.

Nakuru Rugby Football Club is Host to the two Prestigious International Tournaments in the Kenya Rugby Union Calender: The Great Rift 10-A-Side and The Prinsloo Sevens (named after a late Supporter and Member) part of the National Sevens Circuit.
In 2008, the club won its first major trophy for decades after winning the Enterprise Cup

Enterprise Cup

The Enterprise Cup is an annual Rugby union competition in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, though the competition frequently has the appearance of being an all-Kenyan affair as the majority of East African rugby clubs are based in this one country and frequently clubs in Tanzania and Uganda are unable...

 (the national cup competition) . The club has won the Enterprise Cup also in 1948, 1958, 1960, 1962 and 1963 .

Nakuru Rugby Football Club are joint winner of the their own Great Rift 10-A-Side Tournament 2011 edition with Strathmore Leos. This came after long and dry spell of trophies in the 10-A-Side version of the game. "It is a worthwhile reward to the Sponsors, Fans, Players, Management Committee, and all our well wishers to lift the cup after along wait." Said Tournament Director Muigai Kagia.

Notable Players

• Gibson Weru
• Oscar Ouma
• Graham Kombo
• Bernard Chirchir
• Edwin Makori
• Simon Wariuki
• Nick Lang'o
• Sammy Warui
• Edwin Shimenga