Local ruggers in stiff training ahead of Las Vegas tourney

Players from the national Sevens rugby team going through a practice session yesterday at the National Park. (Aubrey Crawford photo)

The local rugby team engaged in a full practice yesterday at the National Park to work on some of their weak areas, while also trying to improve on their strong points ahead of their Las Vegas Invitational Sevens tournament.

The Las Vegas three-day tournament which will bully off on February 9 will serve as a warm-up ahead of the team’s participation at the HSBC Sevens World Series in Hong Kong from March 23 to 25.  Seeded in the top four for the Las Vegas tournament, if the local ruggers turn in a commendable performance, it will perhaps give them the necessary confidence they need to succeed in Hong Kong. Stabroek Sport spoke with national captain Ryan Gonsalves who revealed some of the aspects the ruggers were working on.

Said Gonsalves: “We had four practice games today. We were working on our strengths; we were working on