NICK CAIN

AS a recession looms, the World Rugby mandarins who jetted to New Zealand in first or business class for the Women’s World Cup final should reflect on why Belize are having to crowdfund to raise £2,000 to get their national Sevens side to Mexico City for this weekend’s Rugby North Americas (RAN) Super Sevens.
Tony Gillings, who returned to Belize in 2015 after serving a tour there with the RAF 38 years earlier, has not only funded Belize Rugby after arriving with two ‘Get Into Rugby’ starter kits, but put it on the map. There are now two nati...