Jun.02.2010

2 June- Port.of. Spain

Last Saturday the Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football (TTRFU)  announced the names of eighteen (18) players selected to the T&T Central  American and Caribbean (CAC) Games Seven-a-side rugby squad. The shortlist was made from a training squad of thirty seven players . The squad will be further reduced to  will be reduced twelve players by the end of June 2010.

The Trinidad and Tobago team is scheduled to participate in the CAC Games  7s  competition . Also  on the cards is  the  2010 NACRA  7s. The tournaments are set to take place in Guyana between July 23 to 31, 2010. The NACRA tournament will also be the regional qualifier for the 2011 Pan American Games.

Rugby Sevens was included in the CAC Games after a landmark decision by the International Olympic Committee in October 2009 to include Rugby Sevens as an Olympic sport. “It is in this vein that we thought it wise to also announce a group of young players to prepare for the 2016 Olympics. This group is being called our 2016 Squad and will start training immediately” said  T&T's New  Zealand  born  Technical Director, Murray Roulston.

The National Women’s Rugby Sevens team is also scheduled to play in the NACRA Sevens tournament in Guyana in July. “Presently both squads are in training, to be the best we can be when representing our country and ourselves” said Curtis Nero, Chairman of the Selection Committee.

The National Men’s squad is being coached by John Williams with support from Murray Roulston, Larry Mendez and Willet Pantor with Orlando Griffith as strength and conditioning coach. The women are being coached by Kitty Andrews-Nero.

The shortlisted CAC and 2016 squads are as follows:

T&T National 7’s Squads 2010

- National Squad to prepare for upcoming 2010 Tournaments

- and Development Squad 2016

National Squad

  1. Graeme Alkins
  2. Wayne Kelly
  3. Dexter Snaggs
  4. Andrew Crooks
  5. Heron Graham
  6. Keith Francis
  7. Kurt Quashie
  8. Jason Clark
  9. Felician Guerra
  10. Keishon Walker
  11. Kelson Figaro
  12. Jonathan O’Connor
  13. Justin McLean
  14. Abdeel Giles
  15. Ronald Silverthorne
  16. Joseph Quashie
  17. Matthew Marine
  18. Randy Regis
2016 Squad

  1. Jessie Richards
  2. Phillip Rogers
  3. Jerome Richardson
  4. Andrew Taylor
  5. Andrew Welch
  6. Gordon Dalgliesh
  7. Kendall Mootoo
  8. Abdallah Perry
  9. Aasan Lewis
  10. Zane Campbell
  11. Kordell Joseph
  12. Derondie Jones
  13. James Phillips
  14. Nicholas King
  15. Mark Poon
  16. David Gookol
  17. Daryl Scott
  18. Andel Matamora
  19. John Taylor