The once mighty Pub on the Mall Red Dogs - still the only team outside of nassau to win the Bahamas National Championship - are on the verge of reforming according to widespread rumours.

After years of inactivity , probably the greatest football team ever to grace the hallowed turf of FRFC ( and yes that includes New York Cosmos and Luther Blisett's All Star XI) are about to reform.

Given the age of the team ( mcmanus himself has just turned 72 whilst stef brutti is almost 20 now) and the relative distances apart of the players, the team has decided to reform via the internet, in particular on facebook.com.

At present the team is looking strong ( hardy, chuckles, speller , bad pizza, pap smear, browny , good jed, danny boy, mcmanus, mcskewan, snorton ( was he part of this dream team ) ) but is still missing Ernie BLOOOOOS and Roger the cat Duthie and of course baby brutti. Possible honourary members include kevin 'the inn keeper' , toye-boy, postman blaymire and the boys mitford and brewin.

Oh happy days

Fixtures to be arranged depending on ticket sales .

Please note that anyone answering to the name of trotsky will not be admitted

At last a date has been set for the Bahamas Championship Final!

Freeport v Bailou
Saturday May 3, 2008
Freeport Rugby Club

Bahamas National Rugby Team depart this Friday (April 18th) for ten days of intensive rugby during the World Cup Qualifying Tournament in Cayman! Held every four years the qualifying tournament represents the pinnacle of rugby in the Caribbean and offers the chance to play against some world class opposition!

Consisting of eight teams only one team can qualify for the next stage and the Bahamas will have three games to show their worth and move on to the South American stages. Among the other teams competing are Bermuda, Cayman, Jamaica, Trinidad, Mexico, Barbados, Turks, Ghana and Dominica. The squad consists of 23 players and the Freeport players chosen are Gio Rolle, Perkins Joseph, Edwin Joseph, Denney Osias, Kasay Charlton, Marco Surin, Jackelo Pierre, Brad Culmer & Leon Mcphee.

Next week we’ll update you with the latest tournament news! -- Rob Speller