| | Sports : 2004 saw Nigeria take giant leap in Rugby |
 | | The rugby season started much earlier than normal in march, with the finals of the 2003 national rugby league and 7s challenge finals, played between Kaduna, and Jos representing the north, while eco 2, young lions, and Lagos r.f.c. |
 | | Rugby participated in the 14th national sports festival –tagged Abuja 2004 as a demonstration sports and was for the first time awarded medals as a demonstration event. |
 | | Nigeria participated for the second time in the super 16 African rugby league in Togo where we won gold and qualified for the finals which was played recently in Mali (November) after a postponement due to the fact that Nigeria couldn’t host. |
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