{"id":6575,"date":"2018-06-29T09:21:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T09:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsgazette.co.uk\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2018-06-30T22:45:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T22:45:38","slug":"jamaican-rugby-the-long-road-to-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsgazette.co.uk\/jamaican-rugby-the-long-road-to-sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaican Rugby: The long road to sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">In the second part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsgazette.co.uk\/video-kingston-to-kingston-jamaica-rugby-sevens-commonwealth-games\/\">series<\/a> with the Jamaican men&#8217;s rugby sevens team, <em>Adam Samuel<\/em>\u00a0 finds out why sponsorship has become an urgent matter, heading into the Rugby Sevens World Cup in San Francisco later this year:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LGrKxdqnW1c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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