Video: Atlantic Rugby Cup Players At Airport
Visiting players taking part in Saturday’s Atlantic Rugby Cup at the National Sports Centre in Devonshire arrived at Bermuda’s LF Wade International Airport earlier this evening [June 2].
Atlantic Rugby Cup organiser Gareth Nokes spoke with Harlequins’ Ugochukwu “Ugo” Chiedozie Monye and Saracens’ Ben Spencer.
Ugo Monye said, “Great to be back. I was here last year. The weather’s fantastic. A little bit colder than what it was, but really excited for clearly the game on Saturday and getting around with scores and seeing how things have progressed.”
Gareth noted that Saracens had quite a season in the end, playing in the European Champion’s Cup Final and asked Ben Spencer for his thoughts who said, “Yeah, it was good. Obviously I didn’t play too much, but to end the season like we did showed how close we were as a squad for the whole season. It was pretty tough all the way through, but it was great to get that.”
Commenting on his third visit to the island and what keeps him coming back, Ben said, “The weather, but like Ugo said it’s not great, but … No, it should be a great week, and hopefully we’ll have some fun.”
When asked what his expectations were for the game on Saturday, Ugo said, “We’ve got a mixture of people, we’ve got guys like Ben who’s just won two trophies in the last couple of weeks, then you got old guys like me that are retiring this season.
“Either way, it’s going to be expansive. It’s going to be a lot of fun. It was pretty competitive last year. I think Harlequins won. I’ve had a look at Barbarians team, and they look pretty tasty this year.”
Some of the visiting players as they arrived at the airport:
Founded in 2013, the Atlantic Rugby Cup is an annual match-up of the world’s best rugby players, hosted in Bermuda. More than just a game, the Atlantic Rugby Cup is built around a week of community outreach participation, and fun social events.
This year, the Harlequins Invitational Team will be competing on the island. The players will be on the island from June 2nd to 8th, 2016. Whilst here, the Harlequins Invitational Team will be playing ‘Bermuda Barbarians’, an international select XV, featuring star players from around the world.
Atlantic Rugby Cup match action kicks in with a BRFU youth match at 3:30pm, Bermuda Mens National Team will go up against Bahamas in a World Cup Qualifying Match at 4:30pm, an U18/Senior Women’s Exhibition Match at 6:30pm and the main event starts at 7:30pm. All games will take place at the North Field.
There will be a licensed bar, a BBQ, a kid’s area and live music. Tickets are $15.00 in advance and $20.00 at the gate and are available from www.ptix.bm/arc. Under-16s are free.
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