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Mangena (Head Coach of Conquerors SC), Clement Dennis (Player / Coach of Griffons RFC), Amuzuloh Salim (Head Coach of Cosmos Buffaloes RFC) and Dan Hoppe (Idas Sports RFC) put the squad of 25 players through a rigorous training programme that ended in April 2016. This was followed by Phase II of the preparation that started early May when a reduced squad of 16 players started camping in Accra.
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by 29–8. Since then the team has entered a number of successful tournaments created by Rugby Africa, previously known as CAR. As well as the national team, the union also boasts a number of age grade national teams such as the national Under 20 team, and it also has a new and successful women's team.
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The final squad of 12 players who competed in the Africa Rugby "Africa Cup West" men's sevens tournament in Lome, Togo on 28 May 2016 consisted of: Dan Hoppe (Idas Sports RFC), Clement Dennis (Griffons RFC), Sani
Alhassan (Captain)(Cosmos Buffaloes RFC), Alex Dorpenyo (Conquerors SC), Seidu Razak
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Championship, Mensah, in the absence of a National Technical Director, appointed a four-man technical squad under his guidance to prepare the Ghana national men's sevens team for its Africa Rugby international commitment. The technical team consisting of Messrs.
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On 25 September 2017 Ghana Rugby elected a new Board and
Officers based on a newly adopted Constitution. Mensah was elected as president and board member by the GRFU constitutional electorate and he was subsequently appointed as board chairman by the newly elected Board.
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President of Ghana Rugby, Mensah was appointed to the executive of the Greater Accra Rugby Association (GARA) in May 2014. At the occasion, he stressed the importance to build infrastructure to motivate the youth and to grow the game of
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World Rugby
Chairman Bill Beaumont and the CEO of World Rugby, Brett Gosper, congratulated Mensah and the GRFU Board in a joint statement and said that they "look forward to continuing to work with you and the Board going forward".
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was the successful completion of a successfully run local league by at least ten clubs. He immediately mobilised his resources, and planned and completed the first professionally run Ghana Rugby Club
Championship (GRCC).
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One of Mensah's major challenges as president of Ghana Rugby remains funding the sport and he has initiated various activities including a raffle ticket drive. He also managed to get corporates such as
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February 2020 he was re-elected President by the Ghana Rugby Football Union. He run unchallenged at a Special General Meeting and was also reappointed board chairman for a term spanning four years.
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on more than one occasion about support promised to minority sports such as rugby that has never been delivered. He remains a vocal critic of other government failures well beyond the realm of sport.
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Over the period 2003 to 2017 Ghana Rugby played 34 international matches of which it won 14, lost 17 and drew 3. The total point scored by Ghana Rugby was 438 with 425 scored against it.
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Council approved the application by the Ghana Rugby Football Union as a full member union, bringing the total number to 104 full members and 17 associates.
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was described as a historical event for Ghana Rugby as it was the first time in 11 years that coaches were trained on both Level 1 and Level 2 for rugby union and Sevens coaching.
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Rugby Afrique. "Rugby Africa unveils the 2018 Competition Schedule: 32 African countries, 10 competitions, more than 100 matches"], 13 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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well-organised game in Ghana and we are glad that the union is now ready to join the global rugby family as a full member and continue its work growing the game in Africa.”
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The Ghana Eagles, as the Ghana national Rugby team is known, managed to lift the Bronze or Third Place cup after it was ranked as number one based on the Pool results.
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Mr. Herbert Mensah presenting a certificate of achievement and the winner's trophy of the 2016 Ghana Rugby Club Championship to the winning captain of Conquerors SC.
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The Ghana national men's sevens Rugby team managed to lift the bronze cup in the 2016 Africa Rugby "Africa Cup West" tournament in Lome, Togo on 28 May 2016.
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management team he staged a management motivational event using the values and principles of rugby to help Vodafone prepare its management for year ahead.
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Ghana Rugby ended 2017 on a high note when was promoted from the Rugby Africa Regional Challenge to the 2018 Rugby Africa Bronze Cup.
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involved in supporting Ghana Rugby. In collaboration with the
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Re-election as President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby
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1487:Pelota vasca
1484:Orienteering
1412:Snowboarding
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1962:Ivory Coast
1910:World Rugby
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1862:Members in
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1562:Rugby union
1496:Racquetball
1458:Dance sport
1429:Auto racing
1354:Volleyball
1151:World Rugby
937:Joy Online
652:World Rugby
437:tournaments
401:Lions R F C
312:World Rugby
304:Rugby Union
220:by beating
105:World Rugby
69:World Rugby
37:World Rugby
25:rugby union
2690:Categories
2498:Luxembourg
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2298:Kyrgyzstan
2287:Kazakhstan
2227:Azerbaijan
1972:Madagascar
1797:Seychelles
1742:Mauritania
1732:Madagascar
1520:Tug of war
1472:Lifesaving
1426:Air sports
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1295:Equestrian
1281:Basketball
1265:Water polo
1136:7 February
924:GhanaWeb.
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634:References
490:Men's 15s
2620:Australia
2493:Lithuania
2352:Singapore
2265:Indonesia
2255:Hong Kong
2208:Venezuela
2180:Guatemala
2154:Argentina
1984:Mauritius
1747:Mauritius
1526:Water ski
1461:Floorball
1391:Bobsleigh
1365:Wrestling
1351:Triathlon
1344:Taekwondo
1278:Badminton
1274:Athletics
1253:Aquatics
1113:Peace FM.
1101:GhanaWeb.
1049:Peace FM.
504:Men's 7s
264:Mauritius
222:Mauritius
2565:Slovenia
2559:Slovakia
2548:Scotland
2533:Portugal
2414:Bulgaria
2362:Thailand
2335:Pakistan
2322:Mongolia
2316:Malaysia
2193:Paraguay
2169:Colombia
2071:Barbados
2048:Zimbabwe
2020:Tanzania
1952:Eswatini
1947:Cameroon
1932:Botswana
1833:Zimbabwe
1808:Tanzania
1698:Eswatini
1685:DR Congo
1658:Cameroon
1641:Botswana
1505:Softball
1469:Korfball
1435:Baseball
1406:Skeleton
1388:Biathlon
1337:Shooting
1328:Rugby 7s
1317:Handball
1307:Football
1288:Canoeing
1259:Swimming
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2443:England
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2419:Croatia
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2397:Austria
2392:Andorra
2310:Lebanon
2203:Uruguay
2105:Jamaica
2076:Bermuda
2066:Bahamas
2033:Tunisia
2009:Senegal
1999:Nigeria
1994:Namibia
1989:Morocco
1942:Burundi
1927:Algeria
1912:members
1864:italics
1818:Tunisia
1791:Senegal
1780:RĂ©union
1775:Nigeria
1763:Namibia
1758:Morocco
1752:Mayotte
1653:Burundi
1629:Algeria
1517:Surfing
1481:Netball
1454:Cricket
1444:Bowling
1394:Curling
1334:Sailing
1298:Fencing
1292:Cycling
1270:Archery
373:Members
322:History
260:Lesotho
229:Kampala
214:Kampala
2596:Turkey
2575:Sweden
2553:Serbia
2543:Russia
2528:Poland
2523:Norway
2513:Monaco
2488:Latvia
2478:Israel
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2425:Cyprus
2384:Europe
2281:Jordan
2234:Brunei
2187:Panama
2159:Brazil
2110:Mexico
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