Local rugby season kicks off Saturday

All teams registered with the TTR FU will compete in the tournament which commences at 10am. Games will be of 20 minutes duration with 10 minutes per half.

This tournament will help in the sharpening process for a number of national rugby tams. The TT Women’s 10s and Men’s U-19 teams are scheduled to participate in the 2017 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Men’s U-19 and Women’s 10s Tournament in Miami, Florida, while the Women’s U-19 team will be taking part in the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) in Nassau, Bahamas. Both tournaments are scheduled to take place next month.

The TTR FU is embarking on an aggressive drive in collaboration with the Rugby Americas North (RAN) and World Rugby to raise the profile of the game, both domestically and internationally.

TTR FU president Leslie Figaro noted that rugby is the fastest growing sport in the world and is therefore ideally positioned to play an integral part in assisting the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs (MSYA) and the Ministry of Health in their drive to ensure that Trinidad and Tobago reduces obesity in young people and assists them in achieving their personal development through sport.

He called for all National Sporting Organisations (NSOs), the rugby fraternity and the public to join in the launch of the 2017 season to raise awareness of these issues.

Defending champions of this tournament Caribs Rugby Football Club, will be going all out to repeat at this tournament, in honour of one of the pioneers of organised rugby in Trinidad and Tobago.