Source: www.ttrfu.com
According to reports out of Guyana that country's National Rugby Men’s 15s team will be seeking redemption when they face the North American and Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA)15s Champions, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) in the South Zone Second Round of the 2011 Championships tomorrow in Port. of. Spain Trinidad.
Guyana, seeded at number two behind T&T after being defeated by the Trinidadians 40-24 in the final of the 2008 NACRA Caribbean 15s Championships played in the Cayman Island .
Speaking to the media shortly before departing Guyana head coach Theodore Henry said the
five-time Caribbean sevens rugby Champion,intend to avenge their 2008 loss .
“ We are going into the Lion's den [ Trinidad ]with one thought in mind. My players are ready to rumble.We want it[ victory] bad Our objective is to beat T&T . We want the number one ranking (15s) to add to our sevens rugby crown and number one ranking. The players understand they are representing the Guyanese people,our country and our flag. Our goal is to go all the way to the final and lift the crown."
According to a release by the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) the National 15s squad have been in intensive training for the past four weeks coming off the William Blackman 15s Cup Competition, won by Pepsi Hornets .
The release stated that head coach Theodore Henry has been working the squad hard, focusing on fitness training. Guyana’s squad will be a mixture of both youth and experience having drawn players who have risen from the country’s Youth Development Programme over the past four years, supported by a number of skilled international players from the Sevens Championship team.
The 2011 NACRA Caribbean Championships are being contested in separate North and South Zones, with the winner of the North playing the winner of the South for the Championship.
To date, Barbados have emerged winners of the First Round in the South Zone, defeating BVI, 19-13, and having earlier defeated St Lucia, 31-12, BVI having defeated St Vincent & The Grenadines, 25-13.
Last Saturday Barbados were defeated 17-10 by Trinidad & Tobago in the Second South Zone Round, Guyana will host Barbados at the National Stadium on June 11.
Editor Note:
Trinidad and Tobago National Rugby Football Team:
Interesting Facts
The TTRFU Logo incorporates the steelpan (the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago) and a rugby ball.
Trinidad and Tobago rugby team is known internationally as "THE CALYPSO WARRIORS."
Rugby Union has been played in Trinidad since 1922.
TTRFU and National team Motto is Accept No Limits.
Team Colours red and black.
Trinidad and Tobago has entered every Caribbean Rugby Championship since inception in 1966.
Trinidad and Tobago have won the Caribbean Rugby Championship in 1967, 1973, 1983, 1985 ,1997,2001 and 2008 and the inaugural South Caribbean Rugby Championship in 1999.