Bermuda national rugby coach Lawrence Bird believes home advantage might not be such a key factor when his side face Guyana in the NACRA Caribbean Championships final.As defending champions, having beaten Guyana in their own back yard 12 months ago, Bermuda will host this year’s final to be played at the National Sports Centre on June 23.While the Island’s rugby fraternity is sure to descend en masse to the NSC to cheer on Bermuda, Bird has played down the benefits of playing in front of a home crowd.In recent years Bermuda’s home games have been few and far between due to the hefty costs incurred for teams travelling to the Island.Not that Bird is complaining.His side have become experts at winning on the road, claiming another away-day scalp over Bahamas 16-8 in front a hostile crowd last weekend to set up a repeat of last year’s final.And Bird admits his players are perhaps slightly more comfortable playing in the Caribbean than they are on home soil.“(Playing at home) should be an advantage and if we were playing regular fixtures, home and away, I think it would become an advantage over time,” he said.“But because our home matches are few and far between it’s hard to get into a pattern.”Without the distractions of families and work, Bermuda’s players are able to concentrate solely on the task in hand when they travel to the Caribbean for away fixtures.It’s a luxury, Bird says, his team cannot enjoy when they play on Island.“It’s a key thing but we always travel early when we go to these places to acclimate to the weather.“It makes a huge difference because you have the whole squad in one place together, eating and socialising without any distractions at all.“At home the players have families, work, college and other distractions and the focus is not as great when we’re at home.“I think we’re getting better at it, though. This will be our third home game in 13 months but before that there hadn’t been a home game for a very long time.“I’m sort of wracking my brain to decide what can we do to keep the boys together in the build-up to the game. I’m trying to come up with some hair-brain plan.”Bird accepts the pressure will be on his men when they take Guyana who are capable of conjuring up some ‘magic moments’ and will be stern test for Bermuda.“Guyana will be a bit more structured (than Bahamas) and clearly did well to beat Trinidad 20-0 recently.“The thing with Guyana is they have such a pool of athletes and have guys who can make some magic happen and that’s always very dangerous.“We’re at home, we’re under massive amounts of pressure whereas last year we were going down there with nothing to lose.“You have to be confident but at the same in no way complacent. It’s going to be another tense, close game but I hope our strength of character and fitness will ride us out.”