Several young and vibrant females put up an exceptional performance as some gained recognition for their individual brilliance in the well-organised tournament.
Women’s Ghana team celebrating their victory on the 28th November 2021 at Paa Joe Stadium in Kumasi |
Some of the female players, speaking in an interview after
the Rugby 7s World Cup Qualifiers in Kumasi at the weekend, said the Ghana Ruby
Union continues to play its part but there is still more to be done.
Several young and vibrant females put up an exceptional
performance as some gained recognition for their individual brilliance in the
well-organised tournament.
Ghana’s female Captain Paulina Mensah received the top
scorer award in the female category. She started playing rugby only two years
ago and now aims to take the sport a notch higher in the years ahead. Having
maintained a good run through the game and helping her team qualify to the next
stage of the competition, she remained focused on making herself ‘’proud’’ on
the international stage in the future.
“I run fast and I don’t give up early so I took my chances
when I got them. We did not underrate any team we only managed to put our best
forward in the competition. We are going to play at the commonwealth games in
Tunisia and from there we will go to the World Cup afterwards if we win.”
Gifty Dazam, a centre player in the Ghana Team who also
started playing rugby three years ago said the game had enabled her to build
her confidence since she started.
Team Ghana receiving their awards on 28th November 2021 at Paa Joe Stadium in Kumasi |
It is for this reason Rafatu Inusah, Women’s Representative
of the Ghana Rugby Union and Rugby Africa’s Unstoppable maintained that
authorities need to pay more attention to rugby and females in general just as
they focus on other sports. She however noted that a lot younger girls were
being motivated to join the game and more of such recruitments would be done in
the years ahead.
Commenting on the performance of the ladies in the
tournament, she explained that the ladies were focused on the task ahead of
them and had therefore placed all challenges aside to win the tournament.
“Women’s rugby has improved in the last year and we are
grateful to the leadership of the Ghana Rugby Union for the support they
continue to give to women rugby in Ghana. The next level would be challenging
and we hope to bring on board more young girls to boost our performances. We
are trying to develop rugby across Ghana it is going to grow as time goes by.”
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