PANTHERS Rugby team, on Sunday last, overcame Police Falcons 29-19 to clinch the

Guyana Rugby Football Union 7’s tournament played at the Rugby Play Field in the National Park .

In the final clash to determine the winner of the tournament, at the onset,
an exciting period of play, characterised by several passes, was finished by
Ryan Dey who gave Panthers the first try on the board.

Police’s winger, Lionel Holder, came in next for Police to level the scores after a
brilliant run up the wing for Police’s first points.

Holder was not done coming back to score another try to put Police 14-5 up in the first half.
On the last play of the first half Panthers Darcy Durant got into the act, winning a penalty after breaking through the Police barricade to make it a 14- 12 game with Falcons holding the lead.
After the resumption, Panthers Jamal Angus reclaimed the kick from Geffrey Broomes hitting it back to Osei Mckenzie who then switched the pass to Broomes who completed the try, they then converted the free kick to make it 19-14 in favour of Panthers.

Darcy Durant then extended the lead after a solid period of play for Panthers
to make it a 24-14 game with his second field goal.

Lionel Holder showed his never-say-die attitude to complete his hat-trick,
pulling back the advantage. At this point the scores read 24-19 with Panthers leading.
At the end Osei McKenzie closed it off after gathering a loose ball off the ground and sprinting from the half way mark to deliver Panthers an emphatic victory.

Earlier in the day, the round robin competition saw Panthers, Police and GDF playing each other twice.
Panthers opened the day with a 24-12 loss to the Guyana Defence Force, Police then edged GDF 12-0.
Police continued their good form in the third clash of the day with 22-14 win over Panthers.

Panthers bounced back to beat GDF 17-14 to earn the right to play the deciding match against Police for the title.