title: 2019 MEA Rugby League Championship
text: # 2019 MEA Rugby League Championship
  
  The 2019 Middle East-Africa Rugby League Championship was the second MEA Rugby League Championship, held in October 2019 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria. The competition saw the international debut of Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria, while Morocco played for the first time since the last MEA Championship, eight years previously.
  
  ## Fixtures
  
  ### First round
  
  * 2 October 2019 14:00 WAT (UTC+1)
  
  | Nigeria | 25 – 12 | Ghana |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tries: Fagborun (3), Adebiyi Goals: I Lawal Saulawa (4/4) Field Goals: I Lawal Saulawa (1) | Report | Tries: Bless Mensah, Tettegah Goals: Bless Mensah (2/2) |
  
  * Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos Referee: Phil Smith
  * 2 October 2019 17:00 WAT (UTC+1)
  
  | Cameroon | 4 – 8 | Morocco |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tries: Emmanuel de Porta | Report | Goals: Iliass Laachiri (3/3) Field Goals: Iliass Laachiri (2) |
  
  * Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos Referee: Kevin de la Rose (France)
  
  ### Play-offs
  
  * 5 October 2019 14:00 WAT (UTC+1)
  
  | Ghana | 10 – 4 | Cameroon |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tries: Sarpong, Tettegah Goals: Tettegah (1) | Report | Tries: Hermand |
  
  * Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos Referee: Phil Smith
  * 5 October 2019
  
  | Nigeria | 38 – 10 | Morocco |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tries: Adebiyi (2), Agwoje(2), Prince, I Lawal-Saulawa, Izuchykwu, G. John Goals: I Lawal-Saulawa (3), G. John (2) | Report | Tries: Eddiche, Laachiri Goals: Laachiri (1) |
  
  * Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos Referee: Kevin de la Rose (France)
  
  ## Media coverage
  
  | Country or region | Broadcaster | Ref. |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nigeria | Yanga! TV | |
  