The last match of the elimination stage of the Rugby Africa Cup (RAC) 2020 between Nigeria and Madagascar kicks off on Sunday, 1 December at 15:00 local time (14:00 CAT) at the Mahamasima Stadium in Antananarivo Madagascar. Nigeria’s Black Stallions realise there is nothing to lose and everything to play for when they take on […]
Coach Bronson Weir today announced the Nigeria Rugby Men’s Sevens squad that will be on duty at the 2019 Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens Tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa. The tournament will be held on the 8th and 9th of November, 2019 at the Bosman Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa where Fourteen teams will compete: Zimbabwe, […]
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A happy and prosperous new year to all Rugby lovers in and out of our dear country. I wish you the very best 2019 will have to offer. The year 2018 has been a roller coaster ride as well as our first full year in office. It has been extremely exciting and a real eye […]
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The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation has announced the appointment of South African Bronson Weir as head coach of the senior Men’s Rugby National Team, the Black Stallions. This was announced on Thursday at a world press conference chaired by the rugby body’s president, Kelechukwu Mbagwu, following the re-admittance of Nigeria into the international scene by […]
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The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation has today announced its schedule of international and local event for 2017. The Technical Director of the Federation; Olatunji Fasimoye further announced that all overseas players interested in playing for Black Stallions should take note of the Africa Cup 1C 15s International engagement in March and Africa Cup 7s in […]
The Technical Director of the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation, Fasimoye Olatunji has assured that the senior National Team will not leave anything to chance when they file out against Mauritius. Mauritius lost by 62 points to 3 against Morrocco at the ongoing 2019 pre-world cup qualifiers. “We already know that Morrocco is a tough side, […]
via We Won’t Underestimate Mauritius- Fasimoye — newfanzoneblog
The Nigeria Rugby football national team the Black Stallions yesterday at the mainbowl of the national stadium, Surulere, trounced the Barbarians, a Lagos selected side 40 – 0, in one of the tune up matches lined up for the team. The Stallions who are presently in camp preparing for the Africa 1C qualifying games of […]
via BLACK STALLIONS TROUNCE BARBARIANS IN WORLD CUP WARM UP GAME- By Akeem Busari — newfanzoneblog
The players invited by the Nigeria Rugby Football Federation for a 2 week intensive camping exercise ahead of the pre-qualifiers for the 2019 Rugby World cup on Monday reported to camp under the supervision of South African born coach, Fabian Juries. Apart from the 2 foreign based duo of Christian Ogar and Okafor ThankGod, the […]
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The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation has announced a 23 man list for a 2 weeks intensive camping exercise ahead of the pre-qualifiers for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The two weeks exercise under the supervision of South African born coach, Fabian Juries will kick off on, 27th of June at the Mainbowl of the National […]
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The Vice President of the Nigerian Rugby Football Federation, Olatunji Fasimoye says the only way Nigerian sports can take its rightful place on the world map is through adequate investment.
Reacting after their 8th place finish at the recently concluded Olympic Rugby Qualifiers in South Africa, the Ondo state born administrator said countries like Namibia and Zimbabwe who defeated them were not technically or tactically superior.
He attributed their losses to their physical conditioning despite traveling to Johannesburg a week before the tournament for acclimatisation.
He revealed that their losses never painted a true picture of what happened because in most cases, they were always in the lead before fatigue set in.
The former Nigerian rugby international said with the human resources that abound in Nigeria and the current set of players in the national team, Nigeria will be a force to reckon with in world rugby in the next 5 years if given the right support.
Nigeria’s Black Stallions finished in eight place at The Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens Olympic Qualifiers at the Barnard Stadium in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, on Sunday.
Speaking from their Southern Sun hotel in Johannesburg, Coach Fabian Juries says 5 players picked up a series of injuries and knocks and it affected the team’s overall performance. Our captain; Azeez Ladipo injured his shoulder in the early minutes of the first game and we had to manage him through some matches. Nuhu Samaila, Ike Onwukanjo, Onyinye Onwukanjo, Hafis Ayinla; were also injured leaving us with just one substitute in the last two games.
Fabian Juries further explained that the team improved from last year’s outing where they placed eleventh and says there is room for more improvement. “We set a quarter final target and the boys met it but going forward, we need to work on strength and conditioning of the team and ensure they play together in more tournaments”. Kenya and Zimbabwe invest a lot in their team’s strength and conditioning and it was evident in their performance. However, if you watch the Nigeria vs Zimbabwe match, you wouldn’t notice much difference as we completely matched their game. Strength and Conditioning requires a bigger budget moving forward.
The Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens Olympic Qualifier ended in a thrilling final between Kenya and Zimbabwe with Kenya scoring the winning try at the sound of the hooter.
Kenya Sevens will now represent the African continent at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games along with the Springbok Sevens, who qualified for the showpiece by finishing second on the log table at the conclusion of the 2014/2015 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, also, Zimbabwe, Morocco and Tunisia will stand a chance to qualify as they automatically qualified for the repechage scheduled to hold in Monaco, France Next year.
A member of the senior National Rugby team player, Ekpo Samuel says representing Nigeria for the first time at the 2016 Olympics qualifiers is really an honor for him because being a part of the team on the threshold of 1st ever Olympics qualifiers is not a mean feat.
Speaking from their base in Southern Sun hotel in Johannesburg, the Cowrie RFC of Lagos player explained that being selected to represent the country out of over 150 million Nigerians is a national honor which he will cherish for the rest of his life.
The Black Stallions’ 7s Prop said, although booking a ticket to the Rio 2016 Olympic games looks like a tougher target, he was quick to point out that nothing good comes easy.
Ekpo is optimistic that the blend of the foreign and home based players will definitely be the premise on which the team will build their success having seen what the foreign professionals are bringing to the table.
He believes the experience garnered while playing regularly in the United States of America and the United Kingdom will definitely rub off on the home based lads and the overall performance of the team.
He finally called on millions of Nigerians to see Rugby as they see football and celebrate rugby players as they will celebrate football players whenever they achieve any good result on the international scene.
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