Kenya's Rugby 7s Team Won the IRB World Series Main Cup for the First Time and Twitter Lost It

Kenya’s Rugby 7s Team Won the IRB World Series Main Cup for the First Time and Twitter Lost It

Kenya is in a celebratory mood. For the first time in the nation’s history, its rugby team, commonly referred to as “Shujaa” which means hero in Swahili, has won the main cup of the International Rugby Board’s HSBC World Series. Naturally, Kenya being a tweeting nation, it was Twitter that Kenyans turned to. And it was spectacular.

Here are some interesting tweets showing the emotion, confusion, joy and celebrations that accompanied the momentous occasion.

When Kenya won 30-7 we all felt like

#Kenya7s win the first ever main cup 7s series … Super stuff . Proud moment for Kenya🇰🇪 pic.twitter.com/1mk8JOiSvl

— Joy Doreen BIIRA (@JoyDoreenBiira) April 17, 2016

And celebrated like

#Kenya7s Mood right now 🇰🇪🇰🇪pic.twitter.com/W74eVtxJRq

— Fahad (@fuwadii) April 17, 2016

Congrats #Kenya7s pic.twitter.com/CZLWf0kRqB

— Y J (@jaykashed) April 17, 2016

Mood #Kenya7s pic.twitter.com/XjNfzBL8pT

— Dee (@Dee_spicable) April 17, 2016

https://twitter.com/kibratula/status/721702087780917248?s=09

Some of us were either not so sure who the sponsors of the IRB World Series are and ended up confusing them with Kenya’s electoral body, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) or were too excited to confuse the IEBC with HSBC. Well, they both have BC, don’t they?

Some could not differentiate between points and tries in rugby. Never mind that they were the ones broadcasting the game locally

Some, in the race to stay relevant, thought Kenya had won the rugby World Cup

Some could not remember the coach’s name – things winning does to you

https://twitter.com/_nARISHa_/status/721691363545362432

Others got carried away

Si walete Barcelona na Real Madrid. Hata Bayern tutawachapa #Kenya7s

— Brian Mbunde ™ (@Brianmbunde) April 17, 2016

Some saw South Africa’s hand in the way SuperSport experienced an outage just when medals were being awarded to the Kenyan team hence leading to viewers missing the one part they had waited for in 142 World Series tournaments to see. (As a result, ‘South Africans’ was trending in Kenya right after #Kenya7s which was trending both in Kenya and worldwide)

Walichange channel dstv kenya ikienda kuchukua cup #Kenya7s https://t.co/zt0UR1NGLl

— 🔴 Paul Muthui 🔴 (@MrMuthui) April 17, 2016

Lmao. South Africans wamezima SuperSport #Kenya7s

— Brian Mbunde ™ (@Brianmbunde) April 17, 2016

So they threw shade at the South Africans

https://twitter.com/Kiremavinni/status/721701766803365889?s=09

As others threw shade at a common suspect, Arsenal Football Club…

I was alive when Kenya won a main cup before Arsenal 😭

— Tea Bag (@PatOski_) April 17, 2016

…and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)

KWS don't hunt this lion. Congratulations #ke https://t.co/vreH6p6B35

— wisdom Industry (@gayahg) April 17, 2016

Wanyama doing us proud in rugby, wanyama doing us proud in southampton, meanwhile KWS to our wanyamas #Kenya7s pic.twitter.com/zSBpqDZ5cW

— Verified (@njiiru) April 17, 2016

Some demanded a holiday from the government in the most flowery language ever – clearly people hate Mondays

Holiday tomorrow @UKenyatta @PresidentKE. It's the right thing. It's the only thing

— 🤷🏾‍♂️ (@sickolia_) April 17, 2016

And he granted it…

And so tomorrow is an holiday courtesy of #Kenya7s? We will always remember you!!! pic.twitter.com/bL4Olia7Dy

— Kiplangat Allan, GE (@EngKiruiAllan) April 17, 2016