Trinidad and Tobago's ruggermen crashed out of World Cup 2015 qualifying yesterday when they were whipped 20-0 by Guyana.
At Guyana's National Stadium in Providence, T&T went behind 7-0 by half-time after Theodore Henry scored the opening try, which was converted by Guyanese skipper Ryan Gonsalves
Claudius Butts scored another in the second half, also converted by Gonsalves, before the Guyana captain added two penalties to ensure the comfortable win.
Trinidad and Tobago missed three penalties during the encounter, including two from Justin McLean and one from skipper Jonathan O'Connor.
After the match, T&T Rugby Football Union (TTRFU) president Leslie Figaro said the shutout away to Guyana—their second defeat to those opponent in consecutive years—was a "bitter pill to swallow", but congratulated Guyana for "coming up trumps" to move on in the competition.
It is also the second T&T team to be ousted from World Cup qualifying by Guyana in a matter of months, after the "Soca Warriors" went down to the "Golden Jaguars" in the first round of football qualifying last November.
"It's not a good feeling for us right now," Figaro added, "but we will pick ourselves up from this and go back to the drawing board.
"There is the Rugby World Cup 2013 Sevens qualifier in Canada in August and we have to continue preparing for that. There is no time to drown in self pity."
The result means Guyana will move on to the Caribbean final in September, when they will play the winner of the North Caribbean playoffs. Next week's clash between Bermuda and Bahamas will decide the other team in that final. Cayman Islands are the other team in that group.
Source: www.guardian.co.tt