Nigeria Battle South Africa in Quarter Final of Paris Olympic Qualifiers

Nigeria Battle South Africa in  Quarter Final of Paris Olympic Qualifiers
Nigeria Battle South Africa in Quarter Final of Paris Olympic Qualifiers


Nigeria's men  Senior National Rugby  team, Black Stallions will face Blitzboks of South Africa in the quarter final stage of ongoing Olympic games  qualifiers in Harare, Zimbabwe 

The Black Stallions who  struggled in their first two matches of Pool B before finding their rhythm against Namibia,have sealed a place in the quarter final stage of the competition.

Nigeria lost its first match of the qualifiers  to  one of the best Rugby playing nations in Africa, Shujas of Kenya by 34-10.

The team made efforts  to work on their shortcomings in the second match against an emerging powerhouse in african rugby,Zambia, but it was not enough as they crumbled 38-12 .

In the last Pool B match against Namibia ,it was an end to end game as the Stallions gave it all to ensure a nail biting 22-19  victory against the Welwitschias  to seal  its place in the quarter final where it will face South Africa

In other  quarter final fixtures released by Rugby Afrique,Kenya will take on  Burkina Faso, who qualified as one of the two best losers after  finishing  third  in Pool C behind Zimbabwe and Uganda.

Meanwhile, Zambia's work is cut out as they take defending Champion,Uganda while Zimbabwe will have their hands full against irrepressible Madagascar.

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