BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS v ST LUCIA; NACRA Caribbean Championship South 2

28.02.2015

Venue: Mindoo Phillip Park, Castries

Referee:

Preview
This is the first test match in this year’s NACRA Caribbean Championship.

Previous Encounters
07.06.2014 St Lucia 29-18 in Tortola (Caribbean Champ, South 2)
26.01.2013 British Virgin Islands 41-35 in Castries (Carib. Champ., South 2)

2014 NACRA Caribbean Championship, South 2
10.05.2014: Curacao 56, St Lucia 7 in Willemstadt
17.05.2014: St Vincent & Grenadines 24, Br.Virgin Islands 22 in Tortola
07.06.2014 Curacao 19, St Vincent & Grenadines 12 in Arnos Vale
21.06.2014 Curacao 42, Br Virgin islands 12 in Wilhanstadt
21.06.2014 St Lucia 26, St Vincent & Grenadines 22 in Castries

Curacao won the competition and went on to play Barbados in a South promotion-relegation match. Barbados won 29-0. Curacao remained in South 2.

GWC Rugby Rankings
NACRA Table: British Virgin Islands 12th, St Lucia 13th.

 

Prediction: St Lucia by 7 points

TEST RUGBY RESULTS SATURDAY-SUNDAY 24-25 MAY

25.04.2014
Japan 49, Hong Kong 8 in Tokyo (Asia Five Nations)
Argentina 73, Chile 12 in Santiago (CONSUR Cup)

24.05.2014
Korea 52, Philippines 22 in Makati (Asia Five Nations)
Russia 31,Germany 20 in Hamburg (WCQ Europe R5 Playoff)
Trinidad & Tobago 34, Barbados 5 in Port of Spain (Carib. Champ., Sth League)
Swaziland 15, Lesotho 0 in Maruso (Friendly)

TEST RUGBY THIS SATURDAY

24.05.2014
Korea v Philippines in Makati (Asia Five Nations)
Chile v Argentina in Santiago (CONSUR Cup)
Germany v Russia in Hamburg (WCQ Europe R5 Playoff)
Trinidad & Tobago v Barbados in Port of Spain (Caribb. Champ., South League)
Swaziland v Lesotho in Maruso (Friendly)

Briefly
There will be an interesting battle between Korea and Philippines. Whilst the Philippines defeated Sri Lanka away by one point last weekend, and as a result they would have grounds for some optimism, it would be a brave soul to not predict a Korean win.

At steak is a place in the 2015 Asian Elite rugby competition which will feature and home-away series involving Asia three top teams. At the moment Japan is No.1 followed by Hong Kong. Korea is favoured to be the third nation. The game be a close encounter in stages but I just can’t see the Philippines overpowering the Koreans.

Prediction: Korea by 20 points.

Argentina should not experiences any scary moments in their game against Chile. The Chileans have not performed well in 2014 and although playing away from home the Jaguars (well in effect Argentina ‘A’) should have no problems.

Prediction: Argentina by 35 points

The Germany-Russia clash is covered elsewhere on this blog.

Barbados lost 19-48 to Guyana at home last weekend and now have to travel to Trindad for a showdown with the local side. Last year they lost this game at home 6-19 so it will be an uphill struggle for the Barbadians.

Prediction: Trinidad and Tobago by 26 points.

Will it be played? After a number of postponnements, the match awaited Lesotho-Swaziland return game should be played today in Maruso. I’d expect the home side to win a good struggle.

Prediction: Swaziland by 10 points.

TEST RUGBY RESULTS THIS WEEKEND

17.05.2014
Japan 62, Korea 5 in Incheon (Asia Five Nations)
Philippines 26, Sri Lanka 25 in Colombo (Asia Five Nations)
Argentina 65, Uruguay 9 in Paysandú (CONSUR Cup)
Cyprus 46, Hungary 13 in Paphos (ENC 2C)
Guyana 48, Barbados 19 in St Michael (Caribbean Champ.,Div.1, South)
St Vincent & Grenadines 24, British Virgin Islands 22 in Tortola (Caribb.Champ.,Div.2, South)
Jamaica 10, Turks and Caicos Islands 6 in Providencia (Caribb.Champ., Div.2, North)

NACRA CARIBBEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

17.05.2014
Barbados v Guyana in St Michael (Caribbean Champ.,League, South)
British Virgin Is. v St Vincent & G. in Tortola (Caribb.Cup, South)
Turks & Caicos Islands v Jamaica in Providencia (Caribb.Cup, North)

Preview
Barbados and Guyana clash in the first match of the Championship League South ZoneThe Caribbean senior men’s 15’s rugby competition has taken a step forward this year. Organised into two divisions for both the north zone and the south zone there appears to be a pathway of progress that teams can make.

The top tier of competition is called Championship leagues whilst the second tier is called Cup leagues. The winning teams of each League will play for the Caribbean title. The winning team of each Cup section will play the respective 3rd placed team in the leagues for promotion.

Championship League, North

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BP	TOT
USA South	1	1	0	0	33	6	27	1	3
Bermuda	1	0	0	1	6	33	-27	0	0
Cayman Is.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

USA South has already stamped its mark in the North league with a comfortable home 33-6 win against Bermuda

Championship Cup, North

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BP	TOT
Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamaica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turks Caicos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The Turks and Caicos Islands takes on Jamaica in the first game in this

Championship League, South

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BP	TOT
Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trin. Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

As already mentioned Barbados and Guyana clash in the first game for this zone.

Championship Cup, South

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	DIFF	BP	TOT
Curacao	1	1	0	0	56	7	49	1	3
St Lucia	1	0	0	1	7	56	-49	0	0
Br Virgin Is	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
St Vincent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Curacao has already chalked up an impressive 56-7 win over St Lucia in this zone.

Predictions
Guyana by 1 v Barbados
BVI by 20 v St Vincent
Jamaica by 15 v Turks & Caicos