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Nigeria’s Green Hawks For Rugby League World Cup Qualifiers Next Phase

The Nigeria national rugby league team, Green Hawks have advanced to the next phase of qualification for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup after winning the Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship title last week.

Green Hawks wallop their Ghanaian counterparts 30-4 in the final on Saturday at the Mansah Sabbah Field, University of Ghana in Legon, Accra to retain the Championship they won in 2019.

Nigeria reached the final of the four-nation tournament with an impressive 36-2 hammering of Cameroon in game one while Ghana defeated Kenya 26-6 to qualify for the 2022 final.

Meanwhile, Kenya dismantled Cameroon 16-0 in the third place playoff.

Nigeria will hope to become the first African country to qualify for the Rugby League World Cup when the next phase of the qualification begins on a date yet to be announced.