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Guyana Sevens ready to seize big chance

Feb 11, 2011 Sports

Guyanese Rugby is readying itself for another quantum leap forward tomorrow, in terms of both competitive action and spreading the Rugby gospel. When Theo Henry and his countrymen stride out at tomorrow’s USA Sevens in Las Vegas, they will be competing in only Guyana’s second tournament in the history of the Series.
Last year’s maiden Vegas voyage was their first as a country – several of the players turned out in previous years for a combined West Indies side – and alongside Uruguay the men from the Caribbean are by far the least experienced on show at this, the fourth leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series.
“The guys are very excited and very pumped up about playing tomorrow,” said Henry, one of those to have played for the West Indies side. “We played last year where we did quite well, but the objective is to do better this year.”
Having played at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the players are all chomping at the bit to tackle some of the best teams in the game, and that opportunity will arrive as early as 09:24 on Saturday when they take on one of the joint World Series leaders.
“The match against England is [like David v Goliath] but it is a good start to play the very best and measure yourself against them so that everyone that comes after is going to be second nature to us to play them,” added Henry. “But as long as the guys play their hearts out and we do better than last year that would make me happy.”
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Last year the Guyana Sevens team also won their fifth successive NACRA Sevens championship as well as the inaugural CACSO Games gold medal.
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But the experience of playing in the Commonwealth Games and on the World Series has given the Caribbean champions a burning desire to develop even further, and to continue their journey on the world stage.
“We are building from strength to strength, it was a wonderful experience playing in India and we are looking forward to the Olympics with open arms,” added Henry, who is also the country’s Rugby Development Officer.
“We get the most valued experience from playing in tournaments like this on the world stage against the very best. When we go back to the other tournaments we are a cut above the rest so these are the tournaments we really look forward to playing. “Right now we are fighting with cricket to be the number one sport in Guyana so I guess if we do well that could give us the edge.”
Last year they drew 12-12 with core side France and, after a second pool match against Argentina, Henry and his side will be looking to go one better in their final match against the French this year.
“We are focussed on all the games but we do think we let that one slip last year against France and we are hoping we can do better this year.” (www.irbsevens.com)

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