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Nigeria Police wins first edition of Tunde Delu Rugby Shield
Tunde Delu
Damilola Ajibola
The Nigeria Police Rugby Football Club has won the first edition of Tunde Delu Rugby Shield.
The competition held at the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta, Ogun State, training pitch, had Kings RFC of Abeokuta, Ibudo RFC Academy of Lagos and Nigeria Police Rugby Football Club as participating teams.
Speaking with News Contact Online , Delu, a sports enthusiast and aficionado, said the competition was organised for the development of rugby in the state.
He explained that the teams engaged themselves in the one day Tri-Team competition with the following scores : Kings RFC 0 vs 5 Ibudo RFC Academy; Nigeria Police RFC 7 vs 0 Ibudo RFC Academy and Nigeria Police RFC 19 vs 5 Kings RFC.
The competition was won by Nigeria Police RFC with 6 points while Ibudo Academy RFC and Kings RFC came second and third respectively.
Those present at the competition were – Hon Allen Taylor, a former member Ogun State House of Assembly and Chairman House Committee on Sports ; Hon Abiola Odetola, former SA to Ogun State Governor on Youth Empowerment and Job Creation; Hon Kola Agemo, former SA to Ogun State Governor on Rural Development and Mr Damilare Olabode aka Man of Letters ( on X – Twitter).
