Collins Injera is a rugby

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player from Kenya. He is known for his achievements with Kenyan national rugby sevens team

Kenya national rugby union team (sevens)

The Kenya national rugby union sevens team compete in the IRB Sevens World Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens. They are currently one of the 12 "core teams" of the IRB Sevens, with a guaranteed place in all eight events each season....

.

Career

Injera started playing rugby while at Vihiga High School in Vihiga

Vihiga

-Geography:The town is along the road between Kisumu and Kakamega, and only five kilometres north of the equator. Vihiga bears the same name as its district, Vihiga District, which is one of the eight districts in Kenya's Western Province...

. After graduation in 2005 he joined military team Ulinzi RFC playing in the Kenya Cup

Kenya Cup

Kenya Cup is the premier rugby union competition in Kenya. It is organised by the Kenya Rugby Football Union. Kenya cup has currently nine teams and is played in a league format...

 league. The team was later disbanded, and he moved to Mwamba RFC

Mwamba RFC

Mwamba Rugby Football Club, also known as Mwamba RFC, is a Kenyan rugby union club based in Nairobi.The club was founded in 1977 with the aim of promoting rugby among indigenous Kenyans when the game was still dominated by the whites in Kenya. The club played at the Nairobi Railway Club next to...

, a Nairobi-based team where he plays as a wing.

Now a strong player for the Kenyan Sevens squad, injera debuted with the team at the 2006 Dubai Sevens and played in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens

2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens

The 2009 Rugby Sevens World Cup was the fifth edition of the Rugby sevens world cup. The International Rugby Board selected Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as the host venue for the tournament ahead of bids from four other countries. The format included nine direct qualifiers and a further...

, where Kenya reached the semifinals. He became the top try scorer

Try

A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...

 for 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series season with 42 tries. He also scored 210 points and finished second behind Ben Gollings

Ben Gollings

Ben Gollings is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Rugby Lions and formerly for England Sevens.-Career:...

 of England

England national rugby union team (sevens)

The English national rugby union sevens team compete in the World Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.-Honours:* 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament - Winners* Rugby World Cup Sevens Winners 1993* Hong Kong Sevens Winners 2002* Hong Kong Sevens Winners 2003*...

 in the individual points table. Injera was also nominated for the IRB

International Rugby Board

The International Rugby Board is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. It was founded in 1886 as the International Rugby Football Board by the unions of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. England refused to join until 1890. The International Rugby Football Board changed its name to the...

's sevens player of the year award, which was eventually won by Ollie Phillips

Ollie Phillips (rugby union)

Ollie Phillips is a rugby union footballer who plays at wing or full back for Stade Français and England Sevens.- External links :*...

 of England. Injera won the Kenyan Sportsman of the Year

Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year

Kenyan Sport Personality of the Year Awards, also known as SOYA Awards, are annual national awards given for sports personalities and organisations in Kenya. The awards were initiated in 2004 by Paul Tergat. The awards for each year are held at the beginning of the next year Kenyan Sport...

 award in 2009.

Injera has also played for the Kenya national rugby union team

Kenya national rugby union team

The Kenya national rugby union team is the Kenyan national team in Rugby. it is controlled by the Kenya Rugby Football Union.The team participates Confederation of African Rugby tournaments, but has never qualified for the Rugby World Cup....

 (15s), playing at the 2011 World Cup Qualifiers

2011 Rugby World Cup - Africa qualification

In the African Regional Qualifying Process, 14 of the 15 eligible IRB member nations took part ....

. His older brother Humphrey Kayange

Humphrey Kayange

Humphrey Kayange is a Kenyan rugby union player. Kayange is well known within the rugby sevens community, as he has produced some of the best performances for the Kenya national sevens side. He is the captain of the team.-Career:...

 is captain of the Kenyan sevens squad. Their younger brother Michael Agevi plays rugby for Kakamega High School

Kakamega High School

Kakamega high school is a four year high school located in Kakamega, Kenya. It was formerly known as African Government School Kakamega. It is categorized by the Ministry of Education Kenya as a provincial school...

  Injera has a degree in mass communication

Mass communication

Mass communication is the term used to describe the academic study of the various means by which individuals and entities relay information through mass media to large segments of the population at the same time...

 from Kenya College for Communication Technology (KCCT).

In 2010, Injera was awarded the presidential Order of Golden Warriors (OGW) alongside his brother Humphrey Kayange

Humphrey Kayange

Humphrey Kayange is a Kenyan rugby union player. Kayange is well known within the rugby sevens community, as he has produced some of the best performances for the Kenya national sevens side. He is the captain of the team.-Career:...

for their performance in the 2008/2009 IRB world series.