Emmanuel Adebayor Adebayor was also eligible to play for Nigeria but chose to represent the country of his birth, Togo. Adebayor helped Togo qualify for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations after scoring 11 goals in the qualifiers, more than any other player in the African qualifiers. On 10 February 2009, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) picked Adebayor as the African Footballer of the Year for 2008 at an awards ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria. Adebayor beat final nominees Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt and Ghana's Michael Essien in a vote that involved the national team coaches of CAF's 54 member-nations. It
South African Country Districts XV for the visitors, while Gareth Davies added 11 points through a conversion and three penalties. Lineups: On 26 May 1981 a Country Districts B XV recorded a 17-16 victory in Wellington against the touring Irish side whilst the following year they were defeated 33-24 by the second South American Jaguars touring side. The Country Districts side played against both the 1984 touring English and South American Jaguar sides.The team was drawn from players competing in the Sport Pienaar Cup,losing both fixtures 33-12 and 30-18 respectively. South African Country Districts XV The South African Country Districts XV was an invitational rugby