{"id":19287,"date":"2024-04-30T02:22:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T02:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19287"},"modified":"2024-04-30T02:22:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T02:22:37","slug":"green-machine-prevails-over-trinidad-tobago-in-rugby-americas-north-15s-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/green-machine-prevails-over-trinidad-tobago-in-rugby-americas-north-15s-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Machine Prevails Over Trinidad &amp; Tobago in Rugby Americas North 15\u2019s Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s national rugby team, known as the Green Machine, marked a triumphant return to the field in the Rugby Americas North Senior 15\u2019s championship with a thrilling away victory against Trinidad and Tobago at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their first appearance in the format in five years, the Guyanese team showcased resilience and determination to secure a hard-fought 24-23 win over Trinidad and Tobago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match began with Trinidad&#8217;s Karlan Alexander scoring a penalty to give his team an early lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Guyana quickly responded with a try from James Phillips, taking the lead by eight points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Trinidad extending their lead with another try from Phillips and Guyana&#8217;s Godfrey Pollydore scoring a try, the visitors trailed by three points at halftime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rondel MacArthur&#8217;s try early in the second half brought Guyana closer to Trinidad, with Kevin Braithwaite&#8217;s successful conversion narrowing the gap to just one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacArthur&#8217;s second try, coupled with Braithwaite&#8217;s conversion, finally gave Guyana the lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Trinidad fought back with a try from Anderson Joseph, setting the stage for a tense finale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Trinidad missing the conversion, Jonathan Taylor&#8217;s try put them ahead once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the dying minutes of the contest, Guyana relied on the experience and tactical prowess of their players, with MacArthur orchestrating a match-winning play that resulted in a crucial try. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a narrow one-point lead, Guyana held on defensively to clinch the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match showcased the Green Machine&#8217;s resilience and adaptability, marking a successful return to international rugby competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana&#8217;s national rugby team, known as the Green Machine, marked a triumphant return to the field in the Rugby Americas North Senior 15\u2019s championship with a thrilling away victory against&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19289,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19287\/revisions\/19289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}