11-735: Rombo may refer to: People [ edit ] Edward Rombo , Kenyan rugby player Elin Rombo (born 1976), Swedish operatic soprano Places [ edit ] Rombo Division, Kenya Rombo District , Tanzania Ilhéus do Rombo Passo del Rombo mountain pass, also known as Timmelsjoch Other [ edit ] Rombo language , spoken in Tanzania Rombo syndrome Rombo shrew, also known as Kilimanjaro shrew Rhombus , in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Esperanto Topics referred to by
22-624: A few other players from Kenya that have played overseas, such as Benjamin Ayimba and Oscar Osir , who both had stints with the Cornish Pirates from 2005 to 2006 and Lucas Onyango who played for various professional rugby league clubs including Widnes Vikings . Teddy Omondi and Derrick Wamalwa also played professional rugby in France for Racing Club of Paris. Wamalwa was forced to retire due to knee injury. Omondi however continues and has just secured
33-554: A new three-year contract. Willy Ambaka has also secured a pro-contract in France where he plies his trade. He took the opportunity to attend the University of Leeds and gain a degree in law. He returned to Kenya in 1999, and played for Mwamba RFC between 1999 and 2003. Rombo later served as assistant coach for Kenya 7s and as a director on the Kenya Rugby Football Union Board from 2010 to 2012. He then retired and
44-521: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edward Rombo Edward Rombo is a Kenyan former rugby union and rugby league footballer. He was one of the few Kenya rugby players to turn professional, when he moved to Leeds Rhinos in 1990. Rombo was born in 1967 in Nairobi , Kenya. He started playing rugby union when he moved to Nairobi School for secondary school education, where he captained
55-629: Is now the Mwamba RFC coach. In 2020, Rombo was named head coach of the Kenya national rugby league team . Willy Ambaka William Ambaka Ndayara (born 14 May 1990) is a Kenyan rugby union player, currently playing for the Kenyan national sevens team as well as for Manawatu in New Zealand's Mitre 10 Cup . He has previously played professionally for French Rugby Pro D2 team, Lyon OU , and
66-614: The 2011–12 and 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series . Ambaka was chosen as part of the 2012–13 HSBC Sevens World Series Dream Team based on his performance that season. He was one of three nominations for the IRB Sevens Player of the Year award in 2013, but lost out to Tim Mikkelson of New Zealand . He also played for the Kenya Sevens at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow . Ambaka
77-535: The South African Currie Cup side, Western Province . His regular position is winger. Ambaka started his rugby career for Kenya Harlequins in 2010. Harlequins' strength and conditioning coach, Geoffrey Kimani, recommended Ambaka to the Kenya Sevens head coach, Benjamin Ayimba. He made his debut for the national Kenya Sevens team at the 2011 Hong Kong Sevens tournament, and represented them during
88-648: The 1986 school side. During his school years he also played for Barclays RFC , which won the Kenya Cup in 1987. After leaving school, he enrolled in the University of Nairobi , where he joined Mean Machine RFC . On a trip to Singapore with the Watembezi Pacesetters VII he was awarded the player of the tournament, and soon after was signed by English rugby league club Leeds . He also went on to play for Dewsbury and Featherstone Rovers . There have only been
99-469: The first Kenyan rugby player to play for a team in the top two divisions in France. He played in ten matches and scored six tries as Lyon won the title and promotion to the Top 14 for 2014–15 . On 31 July 2014, South African Currie Cup side Western Province announced that Ambaka would join them ahead of the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division season. He was signed on the recommendation of Jerome Paarwater ,
110-407: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rombo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rombo&oldid=1017430974 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
121-536: Was also included in the Kenya national team squad that played in the 2014 Africa Cup competition (which doubled up as a 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying tournament), but had to withdraw after suffering an ankle injury. In 2022, He featured for Kenya at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town . In 2013, Ambaka signed a professional contract with Lyon for the 2013–14 Rugby Pro D2 season , becoming
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