 Kenya recorded its first tournament win in the World Rugby Sevens Series after beating Fiji at the 2016 Singapore Sevens.Kenya has also been successful in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, reaching the semifinals in 2009 and again in 2013.The Kenya sevens team is sometimes referred to by the Kenyan and international press as "Shujaa", a Swahili word meaning courage, confidence, bravery, or heroism.