CARIBBEAN CUP SOUTH

11.04.2015
St Lucia v Curacao in Willemstad (Caribbean Cup, South)

Referee: Pablo Septien (Mexico)

Preview
St Lucia has lost both games so far and will find the journey to Curacao to win this one a difficult task.

Curacao won the Cup South title last year. It’s draw with SVG early in this competition came as a surprise.

Previous Encounters
10.05.2014 Curacao 56-7 in Willwmstad (NACRA Caribbean Cup, South)
29.04.2012 St Lucia 43-19 in Gros Islet (Friendly)

Caribbean Cup South 2015 So Far
28/02: British Virgin Islands 22, St Lucia 14 in Castries
07/03: St Vincent & Grenadines 24, Curacao 24 in Willemstad
21/03: St Vincent & Grenadines 16, St Lucia 8 in Castries

GWC Rugby Rankings
NACRA Table: Curacao 11th, St Lucia 15th

Prediction: Curacao by 25. Score 39-14

 

TEAMS
Not available

TEST RUGBY THIS WEEKEND

11.04.2015
Paraguay v Uruguay in Montevideo (CONSUR A)
Czech Republic v Croatia in Croatia (REC 2A)
Greece v Estonia in Montenegro (REC 3, Semi-final 1)
Slovakia v Montenegro in Montenegro (REC 3, Semi-final 2)
Mexico v Cayman Islands in Grand Cayman (Caribbean Championship, North)
Guyana v Trinidad Tobago (Caribbean Championship, South)
St Lucia v Curacao in Castries (Caribbean Cup, South)

Briefly
CONSUR A 2015 competition begins with Paraguay travelling to Montevideo. This round is to find the qualifiers for the 2016 CONSUR Cup, the elite level of South American rugby.

Montenegro will become the latest member of the test rugby family when they host the REC Division 3 competition this weekend. The finals will be played next week mid-week.

The Caribbean Championship and Cup competitions continue. Mexico and Cayman Islands will be virtually playing for the North title, the winner facing the South winner. That will be either Guyana or Trinidad Tobago who also play this weekend. The surprise is the USA South is already out of the competition and will in fact have to face the Cup North winner in a promotion-relegation match later.

NACRA CARRIBEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2015

All results now in

21.03.2015
Cayman Islands 25, USA South 24 in Atlanta (Caribbean Champ., North)
Trinidad Tobago 44, Barbados 7 in St Michael (Caribbean Champ.,South)
Bahamas 21, Bermuda 15 in Nassau (Caribbean Cup, North)
St Vincent & Grenadines 16, St Lucia 8 in Castries (Caribbean Cup, South)

Briefly
Some surprises continue in this competition. USA South were defeated at home by Cayman Islands which puts the Americans in a promotion-relegation match with probably Bahamas.Mexico will now play the Cayman Islands on 11 April to see who takes out the Championship North title. That winner will play the Championship South winner for the Grand Final.

The other surprise is the Bahamas defeated Bermuda at home which means they only have to win against Turks and Caicos Islands to qualify for the promotion-relegation playoff against Bermuda.

Trinidad and Tobago’s win against Barbados ensures a Championship South final against last year’s champion Guyana on the 11 April

CARRIBEAN CUP 2015

21.03.2015

North
Bermuda v Bahamas in Nassau

GWC Rugby Rankings
NACRA Table: Bermuda 5th, Bahamas 10th

World Rugby Rankings
Bermuda 41.59, Bahamas 32.99

Prediction: Bermuda by 26 points. Score: 29-3

TEAMS

Not available

South
St Vincent & Grenadines v St Lucia in St Lucia

TEAMS

St Vincent and Grenadines

		NAME	DOB
1		Kenmore Kit Horne	13/05/1989
2		Justin Jason Tittle	4/8/1983
3		Guy Tristan Victor Hadley	19/8/1979
4		Johnathan Carlos Franklyn	31/05/1992
5		Jayvan Kezon Stephern Lucas	4/9/1996
6		Antoney Wendy Joseph	07/09/1984
7		Godfrey Adrian Adonis Matthews	15/8/1988
8		Kemi Kwamani Dequen Francois	25/10/1985
9		Recardo Morando Dallaway	11/02/1983
10		George Jemaine Kruger	26/6/1994
11		Kimran Howie Barnum	10/04/1988
12		Dellon Delroy Durrant	03/11/1994
13		Anizo Marquis Lewis	09/04/1985
14		Phillip Kenroy Larry Alvis	27/10/1985
15		Gilan Arsenio Comas	06/7/1989
16		Dimitri Dravid David Samuel	03/2/1997
17		Dugal Montgomery James	24/4/1981
18		Richardo Cipian Roberts	01/11/1995
19		Brian Adrian JR Alexander	15/08/1994
20		Andrew Camillo Phillips	14/09/1986
21		Benson Carlton Mario Nanton	17/7/1997
22		Odonza Darron Donson Dennie	9/3/1986

Thanks to Sophie Goddard, President SVGRFU

St Lucia

Not available

GWC Rugby Rankings
NACRA Table: SVG 12th, St Lucia 15th

World Rugby Rankings Points
SVG 36.84, St Lucia 36.76

Prediction: SVG by 8 points. Score: 16-8

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

British Virgin Is 41, St Lucia 35 NACRA Caribbean Championship, South R1

 

British Virgin Islands will host Curacao in the South Zone R 1 final in February. The winner then heads to a one-off match against Barbados to find the South Zone winner of round 1. That team then progresses to Round 2.

St Lucia v British Virgin Islands; NACRA South R 1 Test rugby

26.01.2013

Venue: Corinth Playing Field, Castries

Referee: Ed Garner (USA)

Preview
The winner of this match will play Curacao in the North Zone final to played at a later date.

St Lucia appeared on the international rugby scene in 2011 after a 6-year break. They lost 12-31 to Barbados in Round 1 of the South Zone playoff. Last year they played Curacao in a friendly at home and won 43-19.

British Virgin Islands started playing test rugby again in 2010 after what would appear a decade away from the test scene. In that year the lost 17-26 to a Barbados XV. In 2011 they took part in NACRA Championship for the first time. They defeated St Vincent and Grenadines 25-13 and then lost 13-19 to Barbados in Round 2 and were knocked out of the competition. They did not appear in the 2012 NACRA Championship.

British Virgin Islands defeated US Virgin Islands 7-6 in a warm-up friendly January 12th.

Other previews
http://www.stluciarugbycoaching.co.uk/
http://www.thevoiceslu.com/sports/2013/january/17_01_13/Rugby.htm

I do not have any record of these two nations playing each other in test rugby

GWC Rugby Rankings do not apply as British Virgin Islands did not play test rugby in 2012.

Prediction: St Lucia by 12 points.

TEAMS

British Virgin Islands Squad (For v US Virgin Is and v St Lucia)

1 Frank Kalama
2 Roan Thornton
3 Clinton Hempel
4 Federico Zicari
5 Edward O'Neil
6 Vivian Harry
7 Andre Adams
8 Patrick Dennis
9 Jimmy Peters
10 Donovan Staples
11 Jerome Springette
12 Tom Chapman
13 Dustyn Molver
14 Marc Sorrentino
15 Victor Franklin
16 Kieroy Frank
17 Melvin Knight
18 Rory Thornton
19 Andrew Simmonds
20 Adrain O'Neil
21 Jeovan Thompson
22 Damion Brown
23 Lester Hamer
24 Akini Trini
25 Simon Knight
26 Jacques Roux
27 Burt Woodley
28 James Chubby

http://www.bvirugby.com/events/bvi-national-squad-off-st-lucia-compete-nacra-15s/

TEAMS
 

St Lucia Squad
Jerry Charles, Akim Herbert, Johnson Berrance, Junior Joseph Vince Joseph, Wedrel ‘Tommy’ St Clair, Cyriacus Isidore, Greg Vitale, Elvin Joseph, Ervin Joseph, Bertrand Jean, Roger Butcher, Colvis Samuels, Maynus Paul Tyson, Myers, Lenford Eugene, Uranus ‘Mal’ Denis, EdlonCharlery, Vitus JnPierre, Zayvon Augustin, Delphinus Constable, Jason Louison, Lornelle Doxey, Kensley Sonson, Shane Louis.

http://www.thevoiceslu.com/sports/2013/january/17_01_13/Rugby.htm

INTERNATIONAL TEST RUGBY TOURNAMENT: NACRA

Today two further matches in the NACRA 2011 Caribbean  Championship will be played in both the north and south zones. These are the other round 1 matches.

Last weekend Mexico won the first north zone match, defeating USA South 25-9, whilst British Virgin Islands defeated St Vincent and Grenadines 25-13 to win the north zone fixture.

16.04.2011
Barbados v St Lucia in Bridgetown (South R1)

Venue:

Referee:

Previous Encounters
13.08.2005 Barbados 81-0 in Georgetown (WCQ America, Caribbean South)
12.10.1996 Barbados 31-14

No rankings available

Prediction: History tells us that Barbados will be too strong for their smaller neighbour. Barbados by 45 points

Teams

Barbados Squad
Nico Blunt
Jae Bowen
Jathaniel Brathwaite
Harold Bynoe
Omar Bynoe
Kevin Carter
Stuart Copeland
Rondel Cumberbatch
Murray Dow
Raj Edwards
Neil Forde
Dwight Forde
Ramon Gibson
Jamal Gonsalves
Che Goring
Mario Holder
Leandro Jordan
Mark Leacock
Phil Mayers
Stephen Millar
Greg Moseley-Clarke
Kevyn Murrel
Adon Rodgers
Dario Stoute
Sean Ward
Thanks to Dennis Hargreaves, Barbados RFU Development Officer

St Lucia squad not available

16.04.2011
Cayman Islands v Jamaica in Grand Cayman (North R1)

Venue:

Referee:

Preview
The past two encounters between these two nations have been close affairs and I’d expect the same today.

Previous Encounters
26.04.2008 Caymans 11-10 in Grand Cayman (NAWIRA B, Shield final)
08.06.2005 Caymans 18-8 in Nassau (WCQ America, Caribbean North)
28.02.2004 Caymans 41-14 in Grand Cayman (Mayfair Cup)
08.11.2002 Caymans 32-27 in Montego Bay (Mayfair Cup)
13.02.2001 Caymans 48-0 in ? (Cancun Trophy)

Rankings do not apply

Prediction: History is with the local side. Cayman Islands by 7 points

Cayman Islands
Ben McDonald; JS de Jager; Peter de Vere; Dan Bond; Doug Anderson; Craig Morgan; Josh Clarke; Ben Blair; Simon Crompton; Sam Sage; Keswick Wright; Joel Clarke; Michael Wilson; Dow Travers and Robbie Cribb.

http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3678&start=15

Jamaica squad not available.