Nigeria

Team information
Governing body	Nigeria Rugby League
Region	Europe
Head coach	Joe Mbu
Captain	Sadiq Adebiyi
Home stadium	Teslim Balogun Stadium
IRL ranking	29th
Team results
First international
Nigeria 23 – 12 Ghana  (Lagos, Nigeria; 2 October 2019)
Biggest win
Nigeria 36 – 2 Cameroon  (Lagos, Nigeria; 28 September 2022)

The Nigeria national rugby league team represents Nigeria in international rugby league football competitions. They made their debut in the 2019 Middle East Africa Championship with a 23-12 victory over Ghana.^[1]

Squad for 2019 MEA Rugby League Championship;^[2]

• Bolu Fagborun
• Jude Abrackson
• Joshua Effiong
• Gabriel John
• Alex Richard
• Samuel Akpabio
• Nuhu Ibrahim
• Shakirudeen Alameen
• Nelson Celestine
• Habib Isazka
• Steven James
• Temitope Olawale
• Kiki Stephen
• Precious John
• Kelvin Azuka
• David Olwale
• Sulymon Oyebola
• Stephen Akpawan
• Malu Williams
• Sadiq Adebiyi
• Jubril Olajude
• Isah Lawal-Saulawa

  Win   Draw   Loss

	Date	Home	Result	Away	Competition	Venue	Crowd
1	2 October 2019	Nigeria	25–12	Ghana	2019 MEA Championship	Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos
2	5 October 2019	Nigeria	38–10	Morocco
3	28 September 2022	Nigeria	36–2	Cameroon	2022 MEA Championship	University of Ghana stadium, Legon Accra
1	4 October 2022	Ghana	4–30	Nigeria

• Sadiq Adebiyi
• Eribe Doro
• Bolu Fagborun
• Jamal Idris
• Muizz Mustapha
• Martin Offiah
• Jayden Okunbor
• Michael Worrincy
• Rob Worrincy

• Nigeria Rugby League
• Rugby league in Africa