Stag Trinidad Northerns retained the National 7s Rugby title Sunday but will not take part in the forthcoming Carib-sponsored International Rugby 7s tournament, scheduled for December 1 and 2 at the St Mary’s College Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair.


Six teams, minus Northerns, the Marcus Minshall Cup winners, have earned the right to contest the international tournament.


Their omission came following a decision by the team’s management to skip the Classic Caterer’s 7s competition recently in Marabella.


A release yesterday stated that clubs must participate in all rugby 7s tournaments sanctioned by the Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union (TTRFU) if they are to be eligible for the International 7s play-offs.


But on Sunday the team showed why they are national champions by defeating archrivals Caribs in the final 26-14 at the Serpentine Road Ground. As expected the men in the familiar blue and white strips enjoyed most of the possession with the Llewellyn Barrow Memorial Trophy at stake.


Harvard which placed fifth at the national 7s championship have replaced Trinidad Northerns for the International 7s draw.

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Trinidad and Tobago men’s rugby team finished third at the NAWIRA Sevens Crown after a 26-15 victory over Martinique at Nassau, Bahamas over the weekend.


The national rugby sevens team started the second day of competition on the wrong footing as they lost to Guyana 24-14. However, they rebounded to defeat USA South 29-7 to book a place in the semi-finals. But TT went under to Jamaica 10-0 in a one-sided semi-final encounter. Guyana retained their Men’s Sevens Crown title defeating Jamaica 7-5 in the keenly contested final. Canada Dev Team won the NAWIRA Women’s Sevens title with the USA Dev Eagles team finishing as the runner-up. Jamaica, the women’s Caribbean Champions were third.


Trinidad and Tobago won two games and lost one on Saturday’s opening day of the Sevens Rugby Championships at the Winton Rugby Centre, Nassau, Bahamas.


The national team finished second in Group “B” with seven points after defeating hosts Bahamas 17-12 and the Cayman Islands 28-0.


But the TT rugby men were beaten by group winners Jamaica 19-12.




Source: T&T Newsday

U19 Day 2 Play Summary


Venue: Georgetown, Guyana


Day 2 of the NAWIRA U19 RWC 2007 Qualifier in Georgetown, Guyana saw victories for both Trinidad & Tobago (“T&T”) and the USA, both of whom were making their first appearances in the tournament. Despite very wet conditions and a pitch that was flooded in places, both games produced some good running rugby, strong forward play and entertaining rugby.

In the first game of the day, T&T controlled much of the first half possession and territory, though through good Barbados defense failed to turn possession into points until mid way through the half when Heron Graham went over in the corner after some sharp handling down the back line. This was closely followed by a penalty try awarded for a high tackle close to the line. The try was converted by Chris Boyak. The second half was a fairly even affair with strong defense and errors by both teams canceling each other out. The only try of the half came from T&T second row Mike Augustus. Late in the match Sean Edwards kicked a penalty for Barbados.

Referee: Conrad Arjoon (Guyana)
Touch Judges: Aaron Christie (Jamaica) Garner Felicien (St. Lucia)

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