Kenya Rugby Union have appointed Peter Drewett as High-Performance Consultant.
In a statement, chairman Oduor Gangla said: “The organisation is pleased to have Peter on board and we look forward to tapping into his vast experience as we seek to scale new heights through reinforced capacity building for the personnel within our entire national squads."
Drewett is no stranger to the High-Performance environment, having been involved in several roles across the globe, starting with the England RFU where he rose to the rank of England U21 Manager and National Player Development Manager, serving between 1992 and 2006.
It is during this stint that he guided the England U21s to two Six Nations Grand Slams in 2004 and 2006.
He also served as Director of Rugby and head coach at the Exeter Chiefs between 2006 and 2009, England RFU Students Manager between 2010 and 2014, Head of Elite Coach Development at the Hong Kong Rugby Union from 2014 to 2017, Performance Coach-Manager with the Wales Rugby Union between 2017 and 2018 as well as at the Georgia Rugby Union, where he served as the General Manager in charge of High Performance since 2019.
Drewett will have his hands full as he will assist with the entire High-Performance programme encompassing the Simbas, Shujaa, Lionesses and Chipu and work closely with the technical teams towards the required outcomes.
Elsewhere, Kabras RFC are set to hold trials as they seek to get players to join their under 20 squad.
The trials will be held at the Kakamega Showground on October 2.
Selected players will join the development side led by former Kenyan international Edwin Achayo.
Eugene Sifuna, Barry Robinson and Bryceson Adaka are some of the youngsters who have risen from the Eric Shirley Shield side to join the Kenya Simbas squad. Lock Kevin Wekesa has also been named in the Kenya Sevens provisional squad.
John Baraka, Collins Indeche and William Opaka, on the other hand, were part of Kenya Under 20 squad that won the Rugby Africa Barthes Cup.
Achayo and his team are keen to develop more youngsters to join the ESS and senior sides.
