PANTHERS Rugby Club, led by tries from Ryan Dey, national team captain Jamal Angus and Makaya Smith secured a come-from-behind win over a strong police rugby unit in the John Lewis Memorial 7s Tournament at the National Park on Sunday last.
The second edition of the rugby 7s tournament saw defending champion Police Falcons tackling Panthers in the final after they emerged as the top two sides coming out of the round-robin stage.

It was an enthralling final at the rugby playfield within the National Park. In the final, the champion Police turned up in the seven-minute first half to record two tries and a conversion to lead 12-nil to give Panthers a herculean hurdle to overcome after the break for the win.
Police’s points in the first half came from a Scott Garraway try worth five points before Lionel Holder ran in the second try to make it 10-nil.

Michael Barrow would convert it for two points as they took the 12-nil lead at the end of the first half.
However, the second half saw a huge fight back from Panthers; Makaya Smith got the ball rolling for them about two minutes after the resumption with his try.

Panthers skipper Jamal Angus scored a try soon afterwards and followed with conversion to level the scores 12-12.
It was a massive comeback for the Panthers squad as they look to pull off a major heist which was fuelled by some good play from Godfrey Broomes for his team.
Ryan Dey would put in a vintage performance to pull out a final try in the dying minutes, which was converted to give them the seven-point lead 19-12 with time quickly running out in the contest.

Broomes for his part in the win was adjudged the finals MVP after guiding his team to the victory.
In the round-robin staged a day earlier, Panthers first hammered the Guyana Defence Force 41-5 ; they then overcame Pepsi Hornets 21-7; Panthers then edged the GDF a second time 12-5, but they would take their biggest win against Hornets 40-nil.

Meanwhile, Police also had a good run to the final as they first stopped Pepsi Hornets 24-12 before going on to beat the GDF 14-10; the ‘lawmen’ also defeated Panthers in the round robin, 26-10.
They next thrashed Hornets 20-nil before suffering their only loss to GDF 19-15. In the third-place play- off GDF beat Hornets 17-7.