THE country’s national 7’s team, the ‘Green Machine,’ had one of their most forgettable outings despite boasting one of their fittest teams at the just concluded Rugby Americas North 7’s championship held in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago.

The Guyanese picked up a much-needed win in the group stages against Bermuda 12-7 on Sunday to earn a place in the quarter- final round, but there were not many positives after that.

In the ensuing quarter final where they came up against arch rivals Jamaica, they were hammered 38-14 in the 7’s clash.

They were then pitted to play the plate cup where they met The Cayman Islands in the semifinals, again losing 24-12.

The young national team then faced Barbados a second time for 7th position, winning the encounter 22-5 to end their campaign on a high.

Earlier in the competition, Guyana opened their campaign on Friday against top side Canada and lost 29-0 after being beaten into submission by the mighty Canadians.

On Saturday the local gave a better account of themselves when they clashed with Barbados, but had too many fumbles and errors to see them losing again this time 21-10.

It was Lionel Holder and Godfrey Pollydore who produced two fabulous runs for Guyana to put their first tries on the board against the Barbados 7’s side, as they again made many mistakes which the opposition capitalised on to make them pay to take the victory.
The national rugby side was led by Godfrey Broomes with Lionel Holder as vice-captain; the other players are, Rickford Cummings, Shawn David, Renaldo Niles and Yannick Williams.
The overseas-based players are Tyreese Prescod, Valon Adams, Matthew Talbot, and Godfrey Pollydore.
The team was coached by Claudius Butts with Elwin Chase as assistant coach and former national captain Ryan Gonsalves as manager
This year’s 18 teams were divided into Tiers One and Two brackets.
Champions from the Tier One men qualified for the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025.

The top two teams, excluding Canada who has already been pre-qualified from Tier One qualified for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games’ Sevens competition.
Canada met Trinidad and Tobago in the men’s finals on Sunday evening and won it comfortably 38-0, with Mexico beating Jamaica in the women final.