Guyana ruggers steam flying-fish 48-17

By Stephan Sookram
A WELL-OILED green machine steamrolled their Barbadian opponents yesterday when Rugby America North 15’s action scrummed off at the National Park.The locals wasted no time in “frying” the flying fish men, getting off to a pacey start thanks to the efforts of a successful penalty from former captain Ryan Gonzalves.

Avery Corbin’s and Rickford Cummings’s successful tries within minutes of each other then ensured that the Green side would assume a further gap at 13-0, before Gonzalves again moved the score to 15-0 with a conversion.
Barbados number 4 Anthony Faggiani would finally open his side’s account with a successful try.
That would not faze Guyana as Corbin returned again to power through the Bajan backline and take the score to 20-5, as the Guyanese used the full width of the pitch and the acceleration of their players to outclass the men from Barbados.
Another trifecta of conversions from Gonzalves and a try each from Dwayne Schroeder and Corbin’s ensured that Guyana ended the first half at a cruising distance of 36-5.
Upon the resumption, the Bajans made another deposit in the bank, thanks to Faggiani’s try again, but the Green Machine kept the pressure on,with Lancelot Adonis scoring a try and Gonzalves converting.
Jeren Clarke returned for the blue and yellow unit to score a try before Kevin Carter converted for the best scoring period of the Bajans’ attack, but that closed off the day for the visitors, who were at sea for Guyana’s pace.
The relaxed Guyanese unit by this time had the sense of victory as they began to craft together more plays as a nippy run down the right flank from Dane Parks ensured that Guyana upped their tally to 48-17, which would hold till the final whistle.
Speaking after the win, Coach Larry Adonis contended that the side worked well, adding, “Barbados put up a good fight at the start but then we started to break them down and started running up the score.”
Meanwhile, captain Richard Staglon contended that the unit played well under the circumstances, saying, “We executed very well. Right now we are at 80%. We had a couple of new guys coming in the middle. We were missing Claudius Butts and Theodore Henry in the centre.
“We wanted to attack up the middle and play a bit expansive and score some tries from there,” continued Staglon, who was humble in victory