{"id":15263,"date":"2019-09-10T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T16:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=15263"},"modified":"2019-09-10T16:11:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T16:11:05","slug":"four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad","title":{"rendered":"FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria RL have announced their 60-man training squad for the Middle East Africa Championships in October.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will compete against Ghana on October 2nd, with the winner then coming up against the victor of Cameroon v Morocco on October 5th.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian team is headlined by Canterbury Bulldogs star Jayden Okunbor, who has impressed in his rookie season in the NRL, scoring five tries in 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Jayden Okunbor is one of eight professional players named by Nigeria.<br \/>\nThere is a strong Super League contingent, with Tuoyo Egodo (Castleford), Sadiq Adebiyi (London), Muizz Mustapha (Leeds) and Elliot Wallis (Hull KR) all included.<\/p>\n<p>Three Championship stars have also been selected by coach Joe Mbu in the shape of Dan Igbinedion, Rob Worrincy (both Dewsbury) and Will Sharp (Halifax).<\/p>\n<p>There is also a surprise call-up for former Huddersfield, Sheffield, Batley and Rochdale winger Bolu Fagborun, who made a name for himself playing for the Giants in Super League between 2004 and 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Now 34-years-old, his last professional game was for the Eagles in 2009, however he has now made himself available to represent the country of his birth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria RL have announced their 60-man training squad for the Middle East Africa Championships in October. Nigeria will compete against Ghana on October 2nd, with the winner then coming up against the victor of Cameroon v Morocco on October 5th. The Nigerian team is headlined by Canterbury Bulldogs star Jayden Okunbor, who has impressed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":15265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[174,392,115,426],"class_list":["post-15263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-football-in-nigeria","tag-league","tag-nigerian-sports","tag-players"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigeria RL have announced their 60-man training squad for the Middle East Africa Championships in October. Nigeria will compete against Ghana on October 2nd, with the winner then coming up against the victor of Cameroon v Morocco on October 5th. The Nigerian team is headlined by Canterbury Bulldogs star Jayden Okunbor, who has impressed in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-10T16:11:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Tuoyo-Egodo-770x480.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-10T16:11:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Tuoyo-Egodo-770x480.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Football in Nigeria\",\"league\",\"Nigerian sports\",\"players\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad\",\"name\":\"FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Tuoyo-Egodo-770x480.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-10T16:11:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Tuoyo-Egodo-770x480.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Tuoyo-Egodo-770x480.jpg\",\"width\":770,\"height\":480},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\",\"name\":\"alico\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD","og_description":"Nigeria RL have announced their 60-man training squad for the Middle East Africa Championships in October. Nigeria will compete against Ghana on October 2nd, with the winner then coming up against the victor of Cameroon v Morocco on October 5th. The Nigerian team is headlined by Canterbury Bulldogs star Jayden Okunbor, who has impressed in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2019-09-10T16:11:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":770,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Tuoyo-Egodo-770x480.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"alico","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alico","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad"},"author":{"name":"alico","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"headline":"FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD","datePublished":"2019-09-10T16:11:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad"},"wordCount":190,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Tuoyo-Egodo-770x480.jpg","keywords":["Football in Nigeria","league","Nigerian sports","players"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad","name":"FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Tuoyo-Egodo-770x480.jpg","datePublished":"2019-09-10T16:11:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Tuoyo-Egodo-770x480.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/Tuoyo-Egodo-770x480.jpg","width":770,"height":480},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/four-super-league-players-named-in-nigeria-squad#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FOUR SUPER LEAGUE PLAYERS NAMED IN NIGERIA SQUAD"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7","name":"alico","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}