The Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union(TTRFU) will conduct a screening session for players selected on the T&T 2007,08 and 09 U 19 national rugby teams.

The first screening and training session is scheduled for Friday 30th October at the Harvard pitch from 4.15 pm and will be conducted by New Zealander Murray Roulston. Roulston is assisting with the preparation of the T&T national 7s team for the upcoming NACRA 7s rugby championship.He is also conducting an audit on the technical and tactical level of local rugby.

He will select and prepare a TTRFU U21 team for two games against a TTRFU President's 15. The matches will be played in early December and will be used to assess and identify players to be selected for the National senior rugby team pathway programme.

A former assistant coach of the New Zealand based Hurricanes and Highlanders Super 14 professional rugby union teams . Roulston, former Director of Coaching for the Otago Rugby Union was the assistant coach of the Hurricanes for five seasons. and one season with the Highlanders He has also assisted with the coaching of the Otago NPC side and New Zealand Colts and was a Technical Advisor for the 2006 Vodaphone Wellington Lions in the Air New Zealand Cup competition.He has also had stints in Japan and Romania.

Since arriving in T&T in late September Roulston who was recommended by the IRB's Lee Smith has provided the TTRFU with the depth of knowledge, technical and tactical analysis that will be shared with local coaches during a series of coaching development workshops that will be hosted by the TTRFU over the next two months.

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