Kenya 7s great Injera inducted into Melrose Hall of Fame

Kenya Sevens legend Collins Injera has been inducted into the Melrose Rugby Hall of Fame.

Injera was inducted during a black-tie dinner at the Greenyards in Scotland on Thursday night alongside Scots Eric Paxton and Lisa Thomson.

Melrose Sevens is the oldest rugby sevens competition in the world, having been launched in 1883 by former Melrose player Ned Haig.

Injera retired in January this year after a successful 17-year rugby career that saw him leave as the second-highest try scorer in the World Rugby Sevens Series with 279 behind England’s Dan Norton (350).

The decorated star was inducted into the Fiji Hall of Fame in January and could soon join his elder brother and former Kenya Sevens captain Humphrey Kayange into the World Rugby Hall of Fame after ‘Tall’ was inducted in 2021.

He was also awarded the Order of the Golden Warrior (OGW) alongside Kayange in 2010 by Kenya's former President, the late Mwai Kibaki.

His career highlights include winning the Singapore Sevens in 2016 as well as emerging the top try scorer for the 2008-09 Sevens World Series season with 42 tries as well as reaching the semi-finals of the 2009 World Cup Sevens in Dubai with Shujaa.

Injera was nominated for the 2008-09 Sevens Player of the Year award, which eventually went to Ollie Phillips, but was named the Kenyan Sportsman of the Year in 2009.