Nigeria Rugby Football Federation announces 2020 calendar

The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation has announced its


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Nigeria Rugby Football Federation announces 2020 calendar


The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation has announced its schedule of international and local events for the year 2020.

 

Speaking to journalist in Lagos, Technical Director; Abubakar Yaro said “The year will kick off with training course for our coaches, Referees and Administrators followed by a return to the National Sports Festival in Edo after a 10 year absence. We will then take a break due to Ramadan fast. The President’s Cup between Police and Barewa will usher in the 2020 League Season after which Nigeria will host the West African Rugby Series in Lagos’’.

 

Abubakar further said the Black Stallion Men’s Sevens will engage in the Africa Cup 7s later in the year. “As you know, we will not play in the Africa Cup 15s this year having lost the pre-qualifying match in Madagascar last year. Abubakar further explained that Nigeria could have avoided Madagascar, the highest ranked team in the preliminary rounds. “If we didn’t get the ban in 2017, we would have easily avoided Madagascar because we fell behind to the lower regional league and had to play our way back up in Niger Republic and Ivory Coast in 2017. We then emerged the last ranked team after readmission into the 15s World Cup pre-qualifiers and Africa 7s in 2019. It was an avoidable pairing; however, we have to work towards ensuring we don’t find ourselves in such situation ever again.

 

“We are also looking at our Women’s Sevens competing on the continent this year after another ten year absence. “Recall our Women’s Sevens team last participated in the year 2009 in Ghana where they finished runners up to Tunisia. They were sponsored by Mr Kelechukwu Mbagwu who was Chairman of Friend’s of Rugby at the time and now that he is President, he is working hard to ensure our Women’s team feature on the Continent again. We have identified a number of them playing in Canada and the USA. They converged and participated at the Las Vegas 7s International Open Tournament in March, 2019 where they reached the Cup quarter finals. We look forward to having them come home and mix with our home based girls to represent Nigeria this year”.  

 

Speaking to the NRFF President; Mr Kelechukwu Mbagwu,“We’re very much looking forward to starting 2020 with some capacity building programs and we will pay more attention to schools Rugby. The President’s Cup between Police and Barewa is pending so it is imminent that we conclude it. The Board agreed to start a Cup competition alongside the League this year to give the players more playing time as well as include a Sevens circuit and Women’s Sevens League towards September. We enjoin corporate Nigeria, Individuals and foundations to partner with us to grow Rugby in Nigeria. Our doors are open to discuss.”

 

NRFF Program of Activities 2020

 

NRFF CALENDAR 2020

 

February

 

Board Meeting

 

March

 

Coaches & Match Officials Training course

 

March 22 - April 1

 

National Sports Festival

 

March

 

Annual General Meeting

 

April

 

Easter Sandie Beach Rugby

 

April 23 - May 23

 

Ramadan Fast Break

 

June

 

President's Cup (Police Lagos Rfc vs Barewa Rfc)

 

June

 

Northern & Southern League Season

 

June

 

Northern & Southern League Season

 

July

 

Camping for West Africa Regional Series (WARS)

 

August

 

West African Regional Series Tournament

 

August

 

Lilleker Tournament Zaria

 

August

 

Northern 7s

 

August

 

National 7s Circuit Tournament

 

Sept

 

National 7s Circuit Tournament

 

Sept

 

Camping for Safari Sevens

 

Sept

 

Safari Sevens Invitational Tournament, Kenya

 

Sept

 

National Youth Games

 

Sept

 

National Womens 7s Camp

 

October

 

Nigeria International Sevens (Independence 7s) / State Schools 7s / Womens 7s

 

October

 

Africa Cup Sevens (Women's)

 

November

 

Africa Cup Sevens (Men's)/ HSBC 2021 World Sevens Series Qualifiers

 

November

 

iTry

 

November

 

Rock 'N' Rugby Beach Tournament

 

November

 

Sandie Beach November Edition

 

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Nigeria Rugby Football Federation, NRFF.


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