Brazil samba on
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:57
Brazil, who are having a great international year, moved closer to the next round of World Cup qualifiers when they beat Trinidad & Tobago 31-8 in Port of Spain on Saturday, the first leg of their qualifier.
The teams meet again in Sao Paulo this Saturday, a daunting task for the Calypso Warriors as Brazil now look set to join Uruguay and Chile in the next qualifying round.
This year Brazil have beaten Colombia (34-6), Venezuela (56-8), Peru (59-0), Paraguay (15-6) and now Trinidad & Tobago.
For the home side, the result was a huge disappointment but still they are facing Sao Paulo with renewed determination.
From the start the Brazilians were on top and in no time they went 8-0 up with a penalty and then a try from the subsequent kick-off till by half-time they led 16-3.
The second half was much the same story even though Trinidad & Tobago scored first when they got their try. But then the visitors got two more tries.
Afterwards the Warriors' captain, Adam Fredericks, said: “We were just out of it for a bit early on. We tried to get back but we didn't capitalise on our breaks.”
Coach Rhett Chee Ping, who in his day played for Trinidad & Tobago, said: “It was very demoralising."
Scorers
For Trinidad & Tobago:
Try: Clark.
Pen: O'Connor
For Brazil:
Tries: Gregg, Luis Da Ros, Duque, Comoreto.
Con: Cogliandro.
Pen: Cogliandro.
Drop: Duque
Teams:
Trinidad & Tobago: 15 Kelson Figaro, 14 Andre Cabera, 13 Nigel Arismandez, 12 Kirk Aanensen, 11 Kidane Silverthorne, 10 James Walklin, 9 Jonathan O’Connor, 8 Adam Frederick, 7 Graeme Alkins, 6 Selwyn St Bernard, 5 Jason Clark, 4 Peter Bacchus, 3 Samuel Roberts, 2 Felician
Guerra, 1 Damian Martinez,
Replacements: 16 Don Rojas, 17 Wayne Kelly, 18 Dexter Snaggs, 19 Kurt Quashie, 20 Adam Seedansingh, 21 Andrew Crooks, 22 Kirk Quashie
Brazil: 15 Erick Cogliandro, 14 Rafael Dawailibi, 13 Giuliano Passini, 12 Joao-Luis Da Ros, 11 Daniel Gregg, 10 Lucas Duque, 9 Matheus Duque, 7 Diego Lopez, 8 Joao Carlos Orioli, 6 Jean Marc Volland, 5 Christiano Costa, 4 Andre Fujita, 3 Ramiro Mina, 2 Daniel Danielewicz, 1 Reges Comoreto
Replacements:16 Leonardo Sarro, 17 Julian Manutti, 18 Alexandre Spano, 19 Henrique Pinto, 20 Rafael Strenger, 21 Fernando Martins, 22 Mauricio Coelho
Referee: David Smortchevsky (Canada)
Touch judges: Bryan Arciero (Canada), Sam Langridge (Canada)
