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<\/p>\nThe annual Ghana Rugby Club Championship (GRCC) semi-finals were concluded in Accra when Conquerors Sporting Club (Conquerors) and Accra Rugby Club (ARC), managed to sail through to the finals with victory margins of 40 and 44 respectively in the Men\u2019s Fifteens section of the GRCC.<\/p>\n
In the Women\u2019s Sevens section, Dansoman Hurricanes Ladies and Conquerors Ladies, secured a spot in the final by beating Cosmos Buffalos Ladies and Griffons Ladies respectively.<\/p>\n
The losing teams will face each other in the third place playoffs prior to the final matches with Dennis Foundation RFC facing Lions RFC in the men\u2019s 15s section, while Cosmos Buffalos Ladies and Griffons Ladies will tackle each other in the women\u2019s sevens section.<\/p>\n
The President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby, Mr. Herbert Mensah, said that he was fully briefed while en route from Europe to Accra on the day\u2019s matches, and is both very satisfied with the outcome and very sad about the display of indiscipline.<\/p>\n
\u201cGhana Rugby has come an enormous way from when my administration and I took over in June 2014, and the fact that we could host a domestic league that included both a ten team men\u2019s fifteens, and four team women\u2019s sevens section is remarkable and probably ground-breaking at the same time,\u201d Mensah said.<\/p>\n
Mensah also referred to the fact that two players were sent from the field for transgressions of World Rugby\u2019s Regulation 17 on foul play, and said that the GRFU will refer the incidents to its Judicial Officer, Mr. Chester Anie, for investigation and adjudication.<\/p>\n
\u201cFoul play is not on the list of Ghana Rugby\u2019s values, and offenders if found guilty, will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the laws and regulations of Rugby,\u201d Mensah said.<\/p>\n
The Match Commissioner for the semi finals, Mr. Abdul-Aziz Issah, said that the quality of play from all the clubs has dramatically improved. He attributed this partly to the fact that the GRFU ensures that clubs, players and all adhere strictly to World Rugby rules and regulations.<\/p>\n
Mr. Rob Oram, head coach of Accra Rugby Club, said that they were delighted to reach the finals of the GRCC for the first time in the history of the Club.<\/p>\n
Conquerors SC will be in the finals of the GRCC for the third consecutive year, after having won the domestic league in both 2016 and 2017.<\/p>\n
Head Coach of Conquerors SC and of the Ghana national Rugby team, the Ghana Eagles, Mr. Lovemore \u2018Dallars\u2019 Kuzorera, said that they worked hard to reach the finals again.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a tough match. Conquerors started off well with high intensity and put pressure on the Lions, forcing them into making mistakes and we capitalized by scoring early tries.\u201d<\/p>\n
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He added that Conquerors will carry the momentum into the finals.<\/p>\n
Ms. Rafatu Inusah, Ghana Rugby\u2019s Women\u2019s Representative on the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Board, said that it was indeed a historic occasion for Ghana Rugby and maybe for World Rugby.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe CEO of World Rugby, Mr. Brett Gosper, very recently backed calls for all sevens global tournaments to follow the lead of the Sydney Sevens with incentives for countries that combine mens and womens events. I am not sure about this, but I believe that Ghana is the only World Rugby Union that plays both its men\u2019s and women\u2019s domestic competitions within one tournament structure and on the same days and venues,\u201d Ms. Inusah said.<\/p>\n
The 2017\/18 GRCC finals will be held at the Accra Sports Stadium on either 10th or 17th February 2018. A final decision on this will be announced in the next week.<\/p>\n
Results<\/strong><\/p>\n Men\u2019s 15s<\/p>\n Dennis Foundation RFC 0 \u2013 44 Accra Rugby Club (Red Card Dennis Foundation player)<\/p>\n Conquerors Sporting Club 40 \u2013 (5) Lions RFC (Red Card Conquerors Player)<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 7s<\/strong><\/p>\n Cosmos Buffalos RFC (5) \u2013 10 Dansoman Hurricanes RFC<\/p>\n Conquerors Sporting Club 7 \u2013 5 Griffons<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: Ghana Rugby Football Union<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The annual Ghana Rugby Club Championship (GRCC) semi-finals were concluded in Accra when Conquerors Sporting Club (Conquerors) and Accra Rugby Club (ARC), managed to sail through to the finals with victory margins of 40 and 44 respectively in the Men\u2019s Fifteens section of the GRCC. In the Women\u2019s Sevens section, Dansoman Hurricanes Ladies and Conquerors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":396323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[249],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n