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Green Machine in preparation mode for RAN 7s
By Rawle Toney
Kaieteur News – The Green Machine, the country’s National Rugby team, are in full preparation mode for the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens tournament, set for November 11 – 13 in Mexico.
The three-day tournament, according to RAN, will act as a qualifying tournament for the Centro Caribe Games in 2023 and the 2023 Pan American Games.
While it has yet to be confirmed how many teams from RAN will qualify to compete in the Centro Caribe Sevens, the top two Senior Men’s and Women’s teams from the Competition will compete in the 2023 Pan American Sevens in Chile, along with the USA and Canada who have already pre-qualified.
Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) president, Ryan Dey, highlighted that the team trains weekdays under the watchful eyes of National Coach, Theodore Henry at the National Park.
Osei McKenzie in action for Guyana during the RAN Sevens.
“We’re basically using three coaches basically, with Theo as the Head Coach. He’s being assisted by Laurence Adonis,” Dey explained.
Asked about the team’s preparation and chances, Dey added, “It’s still a work in progress. We’re working hard and the GRFU is doing everything we possibly can to ensure that the guys are properly prepared. We have a young bunch of guys and some guys who have been there before, so it’s just putting the right pieces together and I know they will give their best.”
Guyana once stood at the helm of RAN Rugby for many years, particularly in the Caribbean region.
The Green Machine, in 2010, won Guyana’s first and (so far) only Gold medal in a team event at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games.
However, since losing the title to Jamaica in 2017 in the finals, and again losing to the ‘Reggae Ruggerz’ in the 2018 Finals, the Green Machine fell further down the ladder.
Dey said it’s his hope that this team better their showing at the tournament in April, where they finished ninth overall.
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