– Angus set to lead national ruggers
THE country’s national rugby team, the ‘Green Machine’, is set to scrum back into action next week with the return of the Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15’s championship.
The new look 15 tournament is the first to be organised by RAN since the advent of the global pandemic.

The first round will see nations battling for a place at the top of the south zone.
Guyana will kick off their campaign against Trinidad and Tobago in a home and away clash. The first showdown is set for Trinidad and Tobago on April 27th with the return leg set for June 1st.

Guyana is playing in Tier 1 of the South Zone and they will play the winner of Tier 2 tri-series consisting of Barbados, St Vincent & Grenadines and St Lucia.
Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) president, Ryan Dey, says they will select a strong team which will be announced this weekend as they go to bring home the bacon.

“The goal for the whole campaign is to somehow show how far we have come with this new team that we have; you will see a team of very new faces and some old familiar faces,” He said.’
The GRFU boss said, “We are trying our best to get the best team out of this country; we also have some people coming in from the USA, England and Australia.”

Dey says that the union is eager to see how the top players will fare against the formidable regional side that is Trinidad.
“We are going to use the first game against Trinidad as a yardstick since we haven’t played a 15’s match since January or February of 2019 and Trinidad has been playing locally and they had some international friendlies,” he said.

Trinidad are coming off games against the USA and Barbados and will be looking to flex their muscles against Guyana.
The team is set to be led by long time rugby coach, Larry Adonis, with assistant coach, Oslyn Olivier, and manager Petal Adams.
Aubrey Lindo is the team doctor with Jamal Angus set to return as skipper of the team
Guyana is a former RAN 15’s champion.