Pres­i­dent An­tho­ny Car­mona cel­e­brat­ed the ef­forts and suc­cess of the na­tion­al se­nior men's 15s team, with a re­cep­tion at the Pres­i­dent's House, St Ann's, on Wednes­day fol­low­ing their re­cent ca­pu­ture of the North Amer­i­ca and Caribbean Rug­by As­so­ci­a­tion (Nacra) Rug­by Cham­pi­onship ti­tle.

Pres­i­dent Car­mona was present two weeks ago when T&T de­feat­ed Mex­i­co 30-16 in a thrilling ti­tle show­down at St Mary's Col­lege Ground, St Clair, be­tween the win­ners of the North and South Zones, re­spec­tive­ly.

T&T ad­vanced to the fi­nal af­ter de­thron­ing Guyana with a 22-20 win–al­so at home–and a com­fort­able 44-7 win away to Bar­ba­dos.

The Pres­i­dent, pa­tron of the T&T Rug­by Foot­ball Union (TTR­FU) host­ed the team, coach, man­ag­er and TTR­FU staff at his of­fice, where he ex­tend­ed hearty con­grat­u­la­tions for their out­stand­ing per­for­mance. Fur­ther, he ac­knowl­edged the dis­ci­pline shown in de­fence, es­pe­cial­ly in the sec­ond half, when Mex­i­co turned on the pres­sure.

The play­ers, through vice cap­tain Fe­li­cian Guer­ra, ex­pressed ela­tion at Pres­i­dent Car­mona's pres­ence at the game, host­ing them and of his knowl­edge of the sport. Guer­ra ex­tend­ed his ap­pre­ci­a­tion for Pres­i­dent Car­mona's pres­ence at the match, some­thing he said pro­vid­ed in­spi­ra­tion.