Black Stallions Records Victory Over Zimbabwe To Brighten Promotion Chances.

Nigeria earlier today, Wednesday, 24^th of June bounced back from their defeat against Zambia to defeat Zimbabwe in the last match of their campaign of the African Rugby cup 1C holding in Zambia to brighten their chances of moving to the Division 1B in the continent.

 

The Black Stallions under the tutelage of South African legend, Fabian Juries bounced back to win by 34 to 23 points after trailing in the first half by 13 points to 8 against the third best rugby playing nation in Africa courtesy of 2 tries each from Christian Ogar, Ekpo Samuel and Godwin Emanuel who scored 1 try with Azeez Ladipo converting a penalty and three try conversions.

 

Speaking after the game, head coach of the side, Fabian Juries commended his side for showing maturity and playing much better against Zimbabwe by the forwards and the backlines and scoring a few good tries.

 

Meanwhile, Captain of the side, Azeez Ladipo praised the resilience of the team by doing the impossible.

He praised the Nigeria Rugby federation in playing their part in ensuring that the team had the best of preparation which in no small way played a part in the above average performance in the tournament.

 

Speaking on his plan for the team, Juries said there is no antidote to continuity, hence the need to keep the nucleus of the team with the addition of extra and quality talents where need be as they prepare and build more on all aspects of the game in the future.

 

With 1 loss and a victory, the team’s hope of securing a passage to the 1B division now hinges on the outcome of the game between host-Zambia and Zimbabwe on Saturday.