Rugby League Begins In Style

The 2015/16 Ghana Rugby Club Championship (GRCC) kicked off at the Accra Stadium on Saturday November 21 with a series of exciting new events as a prelude to the main league matches.

According to the president of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Mr. Herbert Mensah, who spearheaded the changed format of GRCC match days, the changes were brought in to not only to present spectators with a more exciting experience on the day but to make a real and valuable contribution towards the development of the game of rugby in Ghana.

The menu for the day included a training session for kids between 9am and 10am followed by a ladies 7s match between10am and 10:30am, a boys 7s match between 10:30am and 11am and a 2nd division men's 7s match between 11am and 11:30am.

The previews were followed by three GRCC matches between Accra Sharks RFC and Dansoman Hurricanes RFC at 11am, Griffons RFC and Idas Sporting Club at 1pm and finally Titans Sporting Club against UCC Spartans at 3pm.

Dansoman Hurricanes beat Accra Sharks convincingly with 56 points to 10 while Idas triumphed over Griffons from Cape Coach with a final score of 31 to 5.

The last match of the day was a runaway affair when Titans beat the Cape Coast based UCC Spartans 96 to 0.

Cosmos Buffaloes RFC enjoyed a 'bye' or off day on the first day of the GRCC

Mr. Mensah said that discussions between the GRFU and the University of Cape Coast forebodes exciting things for Rugby in Ghana and that he hopes that it will be the first step in establishing a University Rugby Body in Ghana.

'Tertiary educational institutions in countries of Top Tier Rugby unions are a very important part of the development framework for Rugby and an important source of players for both junior and senior national teams.

'Till now programs for Rugby development at schools level have not been very successful due to lack of resources, structure and continuity.'

From The Sports Desk