THE Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU)  yesterday  announced the appointment of Mr Spencer Robinson as Technical Director of the National Sevens Team which will be participating in the IRB Sevens World Series in Las Vegas, USA, on February 12 & 13.
Mr Robinson is a former Head Coach of Canada’s Men’s National Rugby Sevens Team and former Head Coach of Rugby Canada’s Women’s National Rugby Sevens Team.
He last served as Head Coach of the Canadian National Sevens Team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He is currently Head Coach of one of Vancouver’s leading Rugby Clubs.
Robinson served as Guyana’s Technical Director, along with Head Coach Sherlock Solomon, to the Caribbean Championships in 2005 when Guyana first won the Championships. Robinson’s grandfather is Guyanese and still lives in Guyana.
Robinson will join the team in Guyana on Tuesday, February 1 and work alongside Head Coach, Theodore Henry, for final preparation of the team before departing for Las Vegas on  February 8.
The IRB Sevens World Series now serves as the World Cup of Rugby Sevens. The Series began in Dubai in December, followed by South Africa and New Zealand, the USA, Hong Kong, Australia, England and Scotland.
England currently leads the Series closely contested by New Zealand and Samoa followed by Fiji, South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Wales, USA and Scotland, all of whom will be contesting the USA Round in Las Vegas.
In the meantime, the GRFU has announced a 22-man squad, who began training in December last year, will include 10 players who have previously represented Guyana at the international level.
The National squad will play their first trial games at the National Park rugby ground today at 15:00 h under the direction of National Sevens Director, Mike McCormack.
The squad is as follows:
Theodore Henry, Claudius Butts, Walter George, Ryan Gonsalves, Elwin Chase, Dane Parks, Avery Corbin, Troy Bascom, Leon Greaves, Vallon Adams Cyon Kitt, Jason Tyrell, Jermaine Prowell, Mark Burnette, Peabo Hamilton, Chris Singh, Ronald Mayers, Kevin Jordan, Rickford Cummings, Triston Fraites, Claude Allexander, Oniel Charles.