Nigeria, June 22 -- The hooves of Nigeria's Stallions are pounding loud and clear in Mauritius.
In a tournament packed with heavyweights and high drama, Nigeria's senior men's rugby sevens team has charged into the quarter-finals of the Africa Men's Sevens Rugby Nations Cup, defying the odds and capturing hearts along the way.
Thrown straight into the deep end, the Stallions opened their campaign with a daunting clash against South Africa's Blitzboks; the undisputed kings of African rugby. The result was a 17-5 loss.
But the scoreline hardly told the full story. Gritty, aggressive, and never backing down, the Nigerians displayed flashes of brilliance that suggested they weren't just in Mauritius to make up the numbers.
Reeling but res...
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