By Stephan Sookram

GUYANA’S Green Machine will make no mistake in underestimating their Trinidadian opponents when they meet tomorrow at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in the final of the South Zone of the Rugby America North (RAN).So says senior player Avery Corbin who weighed in on the match Wednesday, prior to departure yesterday morning.
According to Corbin, “We know the game that we are about to play this weekend is not an easy game but still we aren’t taking it for granted because we know that Trinidad (players) are just like us. It’s a 50/50 game and we can’t go in ‘jokey’; we have to do what we have to do.”
While the locals were narrowly beaten last year, the senior player is optimistic that the unit, under the orders of coach Lawrence Adonis will not come up second best this time around.
“We feel confident, not too overconfident in ourselves,” He said, adding, “Against Trinidad we are trying to work everything that we practise to put it together against Trinidad. The team is bonding from the last two games/camps that we went to.”
Should Guyana beat Trinidad, they will rise up the rankings in both the world and the Americas. Guyana are ranked 10th in the Americas and 53rd in the world while Trinidad sit eighth and 45th respectively.
The team will depart this morning from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and will return on Sunday.
The full squad reads: Kevin McKenzie, Richard Staglon, Ronald Mayers, Claudius Butts and Peabo Hamilton, Jason Tyrell McArthur, Rickford Cummings, Kevon, Jose Felicien, Dwayne Schroeder, Jamal Angus, Delroy Gordon, Ryan Gonsalves, Avery Corbin, Lancelot Adonis, Patrick King, Godfrey Broomes, Osie McKenzie, Cyon Kitt, Triton Brathwaite, Grantley Williams and Toby David.