Thursday, April 11, 2013

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA RUGBY TEAM TO PLAY IN NATIONAL RUGBY 15’S LEAGUE



T
he University of the Ghana rugby team this weekend will make her second appearance in the national rugby union  league set to kick off this Saturday 13th April. The university in her maiden appearance clinched the second position and will be hoping to grab the much coveted trophy and all the accolades that come with it this time round.
The team is made up of a twenty three-man squad with national team coach; Julius Amevor as its head coach.
Team UG will be represented by backs; captain Mars hall Nortey , Philip Asomani, Benson Botchwey, Frank Twumasi-Ankrah, Derrick Kwaasi, Victory-Emmanuel Quarshie, Arabe Armstrong , Jonas Adjiri,Alex, Prince Segbefia, Paul Yeboah, Maclean Commey.
RUGBY TEAM
                                                                
Forwards: Richard Koranteng-Amoah, Sadat Salifu, Emmanuel Fedah, Jafaru Mustapha,
 Emmanuel Kalos, Theophilus Opai, Elvis Egyiri, Iddrisu Abdul-
Razak, Alhassan,
Kenneth Otchere, Joshua Akunnor.
The team plays her first match on Saturday at 830hrs against Accra Sharks at the Athletic oval (UG Campus) and has promised a convincing victory over her opponents.
The team has been training since the beginning of the semester and has managed to have two test matches against Idas rugby club which they won. The team can also boast of an arsenal of national team players like Emmanuel Kalos, Theophilus Opai, Marshall Nortey, Jonas Adjiri and Prince Segbefia who will all feature in this match.
This year’s league which is focused on developing rugby 15’s as compared to the usual 7’s. It will feature 4 teams with the first team taking a cash price of 1500 Ghana cedis and the first and second runners-up taking 1000 and 500 Ghana cedis respectively.

Below are the fixtures for the national rugby 15’s league.

  

   Week 1
(13th April)


 Week 2
(20th April)



Week 3
(4th May)

   A v B
 B v D
 A v D
   C v D
 A v C
 B v C

GREATER ACCRA 15S RUGBY LEAGUE FIXTURES - 2013



A – Accra Sharks
B – University of Ghana
C – Idas Sports Rugby Club
D – Cosmos Buffalos

Week One (13th April 2013)
Accra Sharks              V          University of Ghana
Idas Sports     V          Cosmos Buffalos

Week Two (20th April 2013)
University of Ghana V          Cosmos Buffalos
Accra Sharks              V          Idas Sports

Week Three (4th May 2013)
Accra Sharks              V          Cosmos Buffalos
University of Ghana V          Idas Sports

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