jul.22.2008

Caribbean rugby champion Trinidad and Tobago have started preparations for its second round 2011 Rugby World Cup game with Brazil.No date for the crucial match up has as yet been set.But T&T head coach Rhett Cheeping is taking no chances.

The T&T team will need to be at its best if it is to progress to the third round.

The last time Brazil played T&T the Samba boys came away winners.TTRFU president Leslie Figaro says that the December 2001 defeat at the Larry Gomes Stadium is still a sore point .

"We are determined to beat the Brazilians this time around.The guys are committed and focused.Brazil is the higher ranked team so the task is not an easy one"

Figaro believes that the all important home and away games will be played in the last quarter of this year.

"Whenever the game is called we must be ready.While it maybe difficult to beat Brazil in football.We defeated them in 1996 in a rugby world cup qualifier,so even though they got the better of us in 2001.I am optimistic that beating them is not an unrealistic objective.