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Bermuda Select lose to Chile in quarters

A Bermuda Select team reached the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas Invitational Seven’s last weekend.The competition featured a host of teams and countries such as Russia, France and Chile.In the Select team’s first match, they defeated Mexico, coming from two tries down to win 19-17. Scores came from John Jackson (2) and later on Jack Elison following an injury time break from Mike Kane. Tommy Edwards was successful with twoof the conversions.In the second match, Bermuda Select lost out to a strong University of Victoria outfit 24-14. Bermuda Select scored tries through vice-captain Gareth Williams and Henry Paddison, with Dan Cole and Mike Kane adding the extras.In their third match, Bermuda were awarded a 14-0 win after Russia failed to turn up.The first day’s results meant the Bermuda Select team would play Chile in the quarterfinals.Bermuda Select dug in deep but went down 17-0 to an impressive Chile team which went on to win the overall tournament, beating France Select in the final.The defeat to Chile put Bermuda Select into the plate semi-final where they lost to Dog River Howlers 28-7. Neville Zuill scored Bermuda Select’s try which was converted by captain Edwards.The trip served as an exercise for national team coach Lawrence Bird to view the team in action head of some upcoming games over the next few months.League action resumes this weekend with Teachers taking on Mariners at 1pm and Renegades taking on Police at 3.30pm. Ladies games kick off at 12 pm. All games are at the National Sports Centre on Sunday.