Rugby: Ghanaian International Prepares For League Season

Ghana’s two time Rugby Most Valuable Player (MVP), Hamza Diaba Suleiman is gradually finding his feet for Birmingham & Solihull Rugby Club in preseason ahead of the Midlands National League 3 which kicks starts next month.

 

The 23 year-old joined Birmingham & Solihull Rugby Club from Kumasi based Conquerors having won the 2015/2016 Rugby Championship in Ghana.

 

The versatile Ghanaian flyer is expected to feature for the Bees in the forthcoming 2016-17 season where he can play in a number of positions.

 

In an interview with Sportscrusader.com from his base in  Birmingham, Hamza expressed his delight of experiencing professional rugby at first hand. He said “The atmosphere here is great! My head of Rugby Peter Glackin and head coach Been Wood together with all the management and players have been really welcoming and very supportive. I never expected this because moving here was full of uncertainties but they have been so welcoming”

 

“Compared to Ghana the standards here is much higher but I am happy in everything one needs to improve and move ahead. The president of Ghana rugby Mr. Herbet Mensah is in constant communication with me and advices me a lot on my diets and how I need to be training as you know he is and ex rugby player himself.”

Rugby: Ghanaian International Prepares For League Season

Ghana Rugby Wins Bronze Cup In Togo (Photos)

The Ghana Rugby men’s Sevens Eagles succeeded in clinching the bronze cup and medals in the just completed Africa Rugby Men’s Sevens “Africa Cup West” Tournament in Lome, Togo when it beat Niger by 14 points to 5.

The Ghana national team won both its Pool B matches against Benin (19 to 0) and Mali (15 to 0) to rank number one in the combined ranking with 34 points followed by Niger (19), Togo (2) and Mali (-2) who all proceeded to the semifinals.

In a ranking match, fifth-placed Benin managed to beat sixth placed Burkina Faso by 22 to 5 to secure fifth place ranking for the tournament.

In the first semifinal, Mali beat  Niger by 26 points to 0 while Togo beat Ghana narrowly by 22 points to 19. This set up a final between Togo and Mali while Ghana and Niger competed for the third place honors.

 

The third place playoff was won by Ghana when they beat Niger by 14 points to 5.

In the final match between the home team Togo and Mali the result at full time was 12 points each and after two extra time periods, Mali managed to score a try to win the tournament with 17 points to the 12 of Togo.

Ghana Rugby Wins Bronze Cup In Togo (Photos)