Rugby 7s team off to Pan Am Games

Some members of the national 7s rugby squad along with president of the GRFU, Peter Green pose for a photo opportunity prior to departure to Toronto, Canada. The outfit will look to iron out some of the wrinkles they encountered during a below par showing at last month’s NACRA Championships and Olympic Qualifiers in Cary, North Carolina. 

The national men’s 7s rugby team departed yesterday for Toronto, Canada ahead of the two-day rugby segment of the Pan American Championship which kicks off on July 10.

Their mission: to iron out some of the wrinkles they encountered during a below par showing at last month’s NACRA Championships and Olympic Qualifiers in Cary, North Carolina.

“There must be a reduction in the margin of defeat,” said Head Coach of