Strangely for a former British colony, rugby has never taken root in the Central American nation of Belize.

The tiny nation of 350,000 people has tended to gravitate towards soccer, basketball and cycling - with little global impact.

However, that could be about to change as the oval ball arrives in the country.

Tony Gillings

Dublin-based Tony Gillings has founded Rugby Belize, a new rugby board which aims to grow the sport there. He has been joined by Rugby Belize ambassador and the country's only rugby professional Jonathan Woodward who grew up in London but is of Belizean heritage.

I spoke to both of them about why they are trying to grow the game in a country with little prior connection to the sport as well as how they are going about building rugby's roots literally from scratch.

Rugby Belize Global Ambassador Jonathan Woodward

They explain how Rugby 7s is key to spreading the game in the country, why it provides a great outlet for the nation's youth and how far they believe the sport can really go in Belize.

Listen to the full interview below: