By Akeem Lawal
THE Nigeria Rugby Football Federation (NRFF) has
commended the country’s national rugby team, Black Stallions for their
performance at the just concluded Africa Cup 1C held in Morocco despite failing
to pick the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers ticket.
The Black Stallion finished second on the overall table
after losing 53-10 to Morocco in the final game last Saturday at the COC
Stadium in Casablanca, reports Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com.
Speaking after the tournament, the technical Director of
the NRFF, Olatunji Fasimoye commended the players for their courage and determination
despite having only two foreign based players in the team.
Fasimoye believes with more investment in the game of rugby in Nigeria, the sport will soon be a force to be a force to be reckoned with in world rugby.

The President of
the NRFF, Sir Pam Fom also expressed gratitude to CMB Building Maintenance
& Investment Co. Ltd. & Environmental Management Services for their
support in ensuring that the Nigeria players are camped for two weeks for the tournament and also made sure the team got a foreign coach.

Two tries from Onoru Jato and one each from Christian
Ogar and Obi Wilson, with Captain Azeez Ladipo and Monday Omoregieva’s
successful conversions and two penalty conversions gave the Nigerian side the victory.


The Moroccan however stepped up their game and score two
more tries to end the half time 22-7 and ran riot in the second half to finish
the game at 53-10.
Nigeria will now focus on the Africa Cup 7s to be held in
Kenya in September.
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