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Ruggers experience mixed fortunes at Pan American Games

Oct 31, 2011 Sports

The Guyana Rugby team at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico endured mixed fortunes on the first day of competition in the Rugby component of the Games Saturday. Playing in Pool A of the eight team tournament, along with Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico, the Guyana team lost first to Uruguay by 20 points to nil and to Argentina by 40 points to nil.
The team then recovered to defeat Mexico by 12 points to 5.   In the win against Mexico Claudius Butts and Kevin McKenzie scored tries for Guyana and Ryan Gonsalves added a conversion.
Argentina played unbeaten in Pool A to top the group on Day 1, followed by Uruguay with two wins. Guyana was the third placed team in the Pool and moved into the quarterfinals with an early match-up against the USA team, the second placed team from Pool B yesterday.
In Day 1 competition in Pool B, Canada emerged as leaders of that group with good wins against the USA, Brazil and Chile. They were followed by the USA, Brazil and Chile, in that order.

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