{"id":20965,"date":"2024-07-02T13:32:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20965"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:32:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:32:50","slug":"grfu-president-assesses-green-machine-future-following-loss-to-trinidad-and-tobago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/grfu-president-assesses-green-machine-future-following-loss-to-trinidad-and-tobago\/","title":{"rendered":"GRFU President Assesses &#8216;Green Machine&#8217; Future Following Loss to Trinidad and Tobago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Travis Seymour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Dey, President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), has acknowledged the need for introspection following the national 15s team&#8217;s defeat against Trinidad and Tobago at Camp Ayanganna&#8217;s GDF ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite disappointment with the team&#8217;s performance, Dey pointed out positive aspects observed during their recent matches with Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the developmental phase the team is going through after their 26-3 loss, highlighting promising signs from their recent encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, Dey outlined the GRFU&#8217;s agenda, focusing on preparations for the national Under-19 and 7s squads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted the upcoming Rugby Americas North (RAN) annual Sevens tournament scheduled for November 23-24 in Trinidad and Tobago at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Arima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their recent match, Trinidad and Tobago demonstrated dominance on Guyanese turf, controlling the game throughout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite an initial penalty kick by Guyana&#8217;s Godfrey Broomes, Trinidad and Tobago took the lead with Jonathan Taylor&#8217;s try in the 33rd minute, followed by Anderson Joseph&#8217;s hat-trick of tries and Christopher Hutson&#8217;s conversions, securing a 26-3 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in April, Guyana narrowly defeated Trinidad and Tobago 24-23 in Port-of-Spain, setting the stage for competitive future matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking forward, the GRFU aims to regroup and strategize for upcoming competitions, aiming to strengthen their international rugby presence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour Ryan Dey, President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), has acknowledged the need for introspection following the national 15s team&#8217;s defeat against Trinidad and Tobago at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20965","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\/20965","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=20965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20967,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20965\/revisions\/20967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}