{"id":26020,"date":"2025-02-01T21:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26020"},"modified":"2025-02-01T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T21:22:09","slug":"guyana-rugby-football-union-plans-major-changes-for-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-rugby-football-union-plans-major-changes-for-2025-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Rugby Football Union Plans Major Changes for 2025 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>December 27, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is planning significant changes for the country\u2019s national rugby players in 2025, according to President Ryan Dey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This follows an average performance by the national team at the Rugby America\u2019s North (RAN) Sevens tournament in Trinidad and Tobago in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dey, a former national player turned administrator, acknowledged the national team\u2019s underperformance despite having a strong lineup at the regional competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He indicated that there would be a renewed focus on preparing the team to be &#8220;game-ready&#8221; for future competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to improving the senior men&#8217;s team, Dey highlighted plans to strengthen the youth and women&#8217;s rugby programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the need to invest more time and resources in these areas to ensure long-term development of rugby in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GRFU president also shared that the union is looking into organizing friendly international series with other Caribbean nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move is expected to provide the national team with more competitive matchups and further opportunities for growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana&#8217;s senior team placed seventh in the RAN Sevens tournament, which was won by Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian team triumphed over Trinidad and Tobago with a 38-0 victory in the men&#8217;s final, while Mexico claimed the women&#8217;s title by defeating Jamaica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GRFU is focused on revitalizing Guyana\u2019s rugby scene in 2025 with these new initiatives and a commitment to fostering young talent and expanding the sport&#8217;s reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 27, 2024 The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is planning significant changes for the country\u2019s national rugby players in 2025, according to President Ryan Dey. This follows an average&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-26020","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\/26020","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=26020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26021,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26020\/revisions\/26021"}],"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=26020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}