| Josh Weru | |
| Birth Name: | Joshua Weru |
| Birth Date: | 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Kenya |
| Height: | 6feet |
| Weight: | 16st |
| University: | Loughborough University |
| Ru Currentposition: | Backrow |
| Ru Currentteam: | US Dax |
| Ru Clubyears: | 2021-2022 2023- |
| Ru Proclubs: | Northampton Saints US Dax |
| Ru Clubcaps: | 0 0 |
| Ru Clubpoints: | (0) (0) |
| Ru Nationalyears: | 2020 2022– |
| Ru Nationalteam: | Kenya u20 Kenya |
| Ru Nationalcaps: | ?? 3 |
| Ru Nationalpoints: | (??) (5) |
| Ru Ntupdate: | 20th January 2023 |
Josh Weru is an international rugby union player, who plays for the Kenyan National Team as a Number 8. He plays for Dax in the Pro D2.
At 14 years old, Weru joined the Northampton Saints Academy.
On the 3 August 2022, Josh Weru signed a professional contract with Northampton Saints after graduating from their Under-18 set up. His main strength was his ball carrying ability with academy coach, Will Parkin saying: “His ball-carrying ability is amongst the very best we’ve seen at Under-18s level”.[1]
Unfortunately, late in 2022 he lost his contract with Northampton, before he managed to debut for the senior team, due to his aspirations to play for the Kenyan National Team.[2] Under the RFU’s eligibility criteria, to secure a working visa to play professional rugby, a player from a Tier 3 nation (such as Kenya) has to have a minimum of 10 international Test caps, of which three must be played during the previous 24 months.[3]
For the 2023/24 season Weru joined French Pro D2 side US Dax.[4]
In 2020 at only 16 years old Weru was called up to the Kenya U20s squad by Simbas head coach Paul Odera.[5]
In 2022 Weru was called up to Kenyan National Team[6] for the 2023 Rugby World Cup Final Qualification Tournament, where he scored on debut. Coming of the bench to run a 60 metre try in Kenyas 68-14 loss to the USA.[7] Weru earned 2 more caps in the remaining matches in the tournament, against Portugal (in which he started at Number 8) and Hong Kong.[8]