NACRA champs to face World’s best on biggest stage yet

By Stabroek News On In Sports |
The national men’s Sevens rugby team posed for a Stabroek Sport photo on Sunday night at the Ministry of Sport before they departed for San Diego where they will be encamped with the USA Rugby team prior to going to Hong Kong on March 17. In the front row from left is Rickford Cummings, Captain Ryan Gonsalves, player/coach Theodore Henry, Richard Staglon and Ronald Mayers. In the back row from left is team physiotherapist Barrington Browne, Walter George, Vallon Adams, Elwin Chase, Claudius Butts, team manager Mike McCormack, GRFU president Kit Nascimento and Christopher Singh. (Orlando Charles photo)
The national men’s Sevens rugby team posed for a Stabroek Sport photo on Sunday night at the Ministry of Sport before they departed for San Diego where they will be encamped with the USA Rugby team prior to going to Hong Kong on March 17. In the front row from left is Rickford Cummings, Captain Ryan Gonsalves, player/coach Theodore Henry, Richard Staglon and Ronald Mayers. In the back row from left is team physiotherapist Barrington Browne, Walter George, Vallon Adams, Elwin Chase, Claudius Butts, team manager Mike McCormack, GRFU president Kit Nascimento and Christopher Singh. (Orlando Charles photo)

By Emmerson Campbell

The national men’s Sevens rugby team departed on Sunday night for Chula Vista, San Diego where they will be encamped with the USA Rugby team before they head to  Hong Kong on March 17 to participate in the HSBC Sevens World Series scheduled from March 23 to 25.

The six-time NACRA champions, who are unrivaled locally when it comes to the accomplishments of any team sport, will be on the highest stage of rugby facing off with 23 of the world’s best Sevens teams. The Hong Kong tournament is very important to Guyana as