- GRFU sends out SOS to corporate Guyana

For the first time since their existence, Guyana’s national male Seven Rugby team has the best opportunity ever of qualifying for the International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens Rugby World Cup (RWC) when they compete in the North American and West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) Sevens World Cup qualifiers from October 25th-26th in the Bahamas.

Eleven male and nine female teams will contest the NAWIRA qualifier, with the aim to secure one of two places available from both competitions for the IRB Sevens World Cup which is slated to take place in Dubai in March next year.

In the men’s competition, the USA who have replaced Canada as a core member of the IRB Sevens World Series in 2008-2009 have been drawn in Pool A with Mexico and Bermuda, while Canada head Pool B with Trinidad & Tobago, Cayman Islands and the Bahamas.

Reigning Caribbean Sevens champions Guyana will be entering the event ranked as number three behind Canada and the USA and will be joined in Pool C by Jamaica, whom they defeated in the last two Caribbean Sevens finals, Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines.

At a press conference held at the office of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) yesterday, president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Noel Adonis stated that with Guyana being highly ranked entering the event, and being given a chance to play against countries that they had defeated easily in the past, this could be a once in a life time opportunity for them to make it to the World Cup, the pinnacle of the Sevens event.

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