The DC under-19 7’s team have started their preparation for the most important event of the year. The Dubai Rugby 7’s takes place on the first weekend of December and the DC boys are looking to bring home a trophy they haven’t won in 3 years.
Having fallen agonizingly short in the past two years, DC will be looking to go one better and get their hands on a trophy that has eluded them for, what they feel, is far too long. Vice-captain, Chris Burke, feels that experience will help the team this year. “The majority of the squad have played in this tournament before and that will definitely help us. We know now that we need to take each game at a time and not think about the final until we get there.”
The team have been put through their paces for the past few weeks with the tournament drawing ever closer. Their first warm up game of the season saw a convincing 42-0 victory over EC. Taking this into account, captain James Capon feels that this is the best chance he has had to win the tournament out of the last 3 years. The winger is key to DC’s hopes this year as he looks to build on his impressive displays from last year.
Capon is optimistic about his team’s chances. After pin pointing Exiles as the main competitors, he claimed that, “Everyone seems really up for it. I get the feeling that this is our year.”
Capon and Co. will be aiming for silverware come December 3rd.
