Tobago whip Trini rugby men

The Tobago Rugby Football Union President’s XV’s had mixed fortunes when they beat their Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union (TTRFU) peers 22-15 at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Tobago.

Dale Trotman’s try in the third minute of extra time in Saturday’s game broke a 15-15 deadlock which lasted to the end of regular time and gave Tobago the win, the women however did not fare as well as the TTRFU women took a 15-10 victory over them on their home turf. Meanwhile, Rainbow Sport and Cultural Club are Senior Division champions of Trinidad and Tobago when they defeated Carib 33-17 at the Queen’s Park Savan-nah recently. And also crowned champs were Trinidad Northern women who overran Caribs RFC 49-10 at the same venue. Against the youthful Carib, Rainbow led by national ruggerman David Straker kept up a hard to follow running game and coupled with cheeky ball handling had the 19-10 lead at half time.

Rainbow had tries from Nigel Plato, Ezikiel Marine and David Cadette while Straker had two conversions and was helped by Damian Deene who also contributed a conversion, in the second half Straker also had a try as did Raymond Sinasee who also had a conversion. Caribs had two unconverted tries in the first half from Miguel Lara and Samuel Roberts while Keiron Campbell had a try and a conversion in the second half to keep them afloat but it did not prove enough in the end. Rainbow will battle Royalians Rugby Football Club in the Senior Division knock-out on Saturday, while in the second game of the Cup Final double- header Trinidad Northern and Carib RFC are scheduled to tangle in the Marcus Minshall Cup final on Friday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium from 8 pm.