GRFU to participate in Las Vegas 7s U-18 tournament next year
Guyana's Avery Corbin in action against Spain at this year's Hong Kong 7s
Guyana's Avery Corbin in action against Spain at this year's Hong Kong 7s

THE Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is inviting players, born between January 2000 and December 2001, to register with the union in order to vie for selection for next year’s Las Vegas 7s U-18 tournament.

The tournament, set for April of 2018, will serve as a qualifying event for Youth Olympic Games in Argentina.
According to the GRFU, Rugby Americas North (RAN) and games global governing body, World Rugby, will be assisting with 50% of the team’s airfare to the Las Vegas 7s.
“With the age group being 17-18 years of age, the union hopes to attract more students to the exciting sport and more so encourage them to engage Rugby, which is an option in the Physical Education and Sport syllabus (effective for examinations from May, June 2014)” the GRFU said in a release.
Guyana’s ‘Green Machine’ are the Caribbean’s most decorated 7s team, and had featured prominently at the world stage, playing against the likes of New Zealand, France, Australia and other IRB World Series.
The GRFU stated that most of the players who featured in the Green Machine came from its U-19 Schools Programme.
Since the debut of Rugby Sevens to the Olympics in Rio last year, greater emphasis has been placed on marketing the seven-a-side version of the Rugby as an Olympic sport with the International Olympic Committee’s decision to retain all 28 sports that featured at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games programme.

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