Former Shujaa, the national rugby 7s aside captain Andrew Amonde has officially retired from active rugby playing.
On Sunday, the KCB player announced his retirement in the game during the Kakamega Sevens at the Bullring where they finished second overall of the sevens series behind Menengai Oilers.
Amonde will now be joining the technical bench for the KCB as well as the Kenya Sevens team in the future.
Amonde retired from Shujaa last year at the conclusion of the Tokyo Olympics.
He has been Kenya’s mainstay, leading the team to their maiden cup triumph in Singapore in 2016 as well as captaining the squad to the Rio Olympics in 2016 and Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in 2018.
He captained Shujaa to the Rugby sevens World Cup in Russia, where they finished fourth overall
The Kenya Rugby Union feted him with an achievement award after the conclusion of the 2022 National Sevens Circuit for his outstanding services in the Sevens version of the game.
The alumni of Kisumu Boys played 358 matches, scoring 64 tries for a total of 320 points. He has 528 carries, 62 clean breaks, and 369 tackles (all-time highest for Kenya).
For KCB, he won seven Kenya Cup titles, and two Enterprise Cup titles as well as winning the national seven series twice