The Kenya Rugby Sevens team could be set to bid farewell to one of the best players to have graced the game.
Star Collins Injera has hinted on the possibility of hanging his boots from competitive rugby in “next few years”.
“I am not sure when exactly it (retirement) will be, maybe in the next few years,” Injera told Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation.
“I have gathered experience over the last few years and it will only be fair for me to share the knowledge that I have with the young players, which doesn’t necessarily mean that I have to be a coach or conditioner.”
Injera has been a mainstay within the Shujaa set up team for the last decade, and was until recently the all-time top try scorer in the World Series.
Injera, 30, told Nation Sport he isn’t too bothered by the recent competition from Dan Norton in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series which has seen the Englishman leapfrog the Kenyan to the summit of the top try scorer’s chart. Norton is now on 249 tries, five ahead of the Mwamba RFC flyer.
“Norton is offering good competition. But it is not about who is on top or not. I will continue fighting to score tries, but my main focus is to mentor the lads who will take over when I stop playing,” Injera revealed.
Injera and Mwamba RFC had paid a courtesy call on Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero.
“When you travel around the world and you introduce yourself that you are from Kenya, people will immediately ask you about athletics and lately about rugby sevens. Thanks for flying the Kenyan flag high,” said Kidero.