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Lewis lands the Nigeria Rugby National Team Head Coach job

Posted : 11 May 2023
The Nigeria Rugby Football Federation on Thursday announced the appointment of Scotsman Steve Lewis as head coach of the senior national teams.

The rugby federation’s president, Dr. Are Ademola, made this known in a statement following the re-admittance of Nigeria to the international scene by World Rugby.

Ademola said that Steve’s first assignment would be to lead the national men’s and women’s sevens teams to the 2024 Olympic Games pre-qualifiers in Mauritius and Zambia in June and July, respectively.

These outings are symbolic as they will be the first activities of Nigeria Rugby on the international scene since 2019.

The Olympic Games pre-qualifiers are the pathway for Nigeria to participate in Paris 2024.

12 countries will converge in Mauritius on June 24–25 to compete for the available four slots in the Africa Cup Sevens slated for Zimbabwe in September. Participating countries include Mauritius, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Botswana, Cameroun, Algeria, and Nigeria. "Others include Burundi, Congo, Lesotho, Sénégal, and Egypt," he said.

The Nigeria Women Sevens and other African Women’s teams will converge in Zambia on July 1–2 to compete for the available three slots in the Africa Women’s Cup Sevens slated for Tunisia in October.

The newly appointed Lewis remarked: "I look forward to playing a part in Nigeria's return to international competition and laying down good foundations for a new generation of Nigerian players and coaches."

Steve is not a stranger to Nigerian rugby, having coached the Black Stallions ten years ago from 2012–2013.

Under his watch, Nigeria qualified for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games against all odds.

Steve was named USA Rugby coach of the year in 2016 and 2019, respectively. He coached Jamaica Sevens up to the World Challenger Series-Olympic Repechage in 2020, and he is a technical consultant for a much improved Brazil National Rugby Team.

Coach Stephen Lewis is presently the Director of Rugby at the championship-winning New York Major League Rugby Club.

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