Kenya has lost out on hosting the Confederation of Africa Rugby Sevens championships 2014 to Zimbabwe.
The Confederation of African Rugby awarded Zimbabwe the right to host the 2014 CAR Men Sevens tournament which will take place on the 29th and 30th of November 2014 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
The tournament will be held at the Harare Sports Club and is set to involve 12 countries, Kenya Uganda, Tunisia, Nigeria, Madagascar, Namibia, Botswana, Senegal, Zambia, Ivory Coast, South Africa and the hosts Zimbabwe.
The decision by CAR to award the hosting rights to Zimbabwe was a unanimous one after Africa’s rugby governing body had expressed its approval of the union’s development and administration structures.
CAR had its representative Jean Luc Barthes in the country a month ago and he said he was impressed with the progress that the country had made in its mandate of effectively running the game of rugby.
In view of this development, the Technical Director of the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation, Fasimoye Olatunji, as declared that “Nigeria is going to do well in the championship this year, Nigeria is rated 6th best in 7’s in Africa and we are determined to raise the bar this time” he said.
The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation will use the Independence Rugby 7’s scheduled to hold at the Onikan stadium, Lagos from the 31st of October to 1st of November 2014, to select players that will represent the country at the 2014 CAR Men Sevens tournament.
The Independence Rugby 7’s tournament will feature both home and foreign based players.
Exciting action, delicious meals, a great crowd, is what best describes the Independence Rugby 7s tournament which is held annually to commemorate Nigeria’s Independence anniversary.
The tournament started in the year 2009 and has since grown to be the biggest Rugby 7s party in Nigeria.
The 2013 edition had a wider International participation with clubs from the UK, Egypt and Ghana adding the much needed International flavour. However, clubs from every zone in Nigeria competed extremely well and two local teams made it to the final of last year’s edition.
(Cowrie RFC Lagos vs Nigeria Police RFC). The Police team beat Cowrie RFC 12-7 to emerge 2013 champions.
This year’s tournament will feature Teams from Egypt, UK, Botswana, South Africa, Ghana and eleven local teams from all the regions in Nigeria.
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