CARIBBEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

18.04.2015
Br. Virgin Is. v St Vincent & Gren. in Kingstown (NACRA Carib.Cup, South)-Result to come
Bahamas 24, Turks & Caicos Is. 7 in Providenciales (NACRA Carib. Cup, North)

Briefly
Bahamas wins to right to challenge USA South for a place in 2016 Championship North

NACRA CARIBBEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

07.03.2015
Guyana 48, Barbados 22 in Georgetown (Caribbean Champ., South Div.1)
Mexico 50, USA South 25 in Mexico City (Caribbean Champ., North Div.1)
St Vincent G. 24, Curacao 24 in Wilhelmstadt (Caribbean Champ., South Div.2)
Bermuda 56, Turks & Caicos Islands 3 in Hamilton (Carib. Champ., North Div.2)

Reviews
The major upset of the day was Mexico’s win over the USA South side. Not only that but the newly promoted side whacked on 50 points against a disappointing USA team.

Guyana looked a champion side as they proved too strong for Barbados at home. This is the team that won the competition last year.

St Vincent arrived late in Wilhelmstadt and without their luggage. So apparently no team shirts and no boots. Well something went right for them because they held the home side to a very respectable score.

Bermuda, relegated from the Championship league last year were too strong for neighbours Turks and Caicos Islands.

The next round is on March 21.
Cayman Islands are due to begin their Championship campaign and are due in the USA to play USA South. Trinidad and Tobago also opens their Championship programme away to Barbados. St Vincent & Grenadines are due to Play St Lucia in a Southern Cup fixture whilst also a Souther Cup match will see the British Virgin Islands play Curacao. Rugby in the sun!

NACRA CARIBBEAN CUP 2015

All Games Played 07.03.2015

The Caribbean Cup is played for in two divisions. The top division, called the Championship, is played in two Zones; North and South. The second division is called The Cup and is also divided between north and south.

The two Championship winners play off for the final. The last placed side in each Championship zone has to play the winner of their respective Cup winning side.

In 2014 Mexico won by default against Bermuda to move to the Championship. Barbados defeated Curacao 29-0 to retain its place in the Championship. Guyana defeated USA South 30-27 in the final.

USA South v Mexico in Mexico City (Championship, North)

Referee: David Sherwin (Cayman Islands)

Venue: Universidad Iberoamericana Campus Santa Fe

Preview
This will be Mexico’s biggest game to date. Mexico were promoted to the Championship level after Bermuda defaulted their promotion/relegation game last year. This will be a huge step up for the Mexicans.

Mexico caused a bit of a stir when they defeated USA South back in 2011 but lost heavily to the Panthers away back in 2013.

USA South will be champing at the bit following their surprise defeat at home to Guyana in last year’s Caribbean Championship final. Despite playing away and playing at altitude I expect they will just be able to do enough to record a win.

Previous Encounters
19.01.2013 USA South 50-23 in Atlanta (Caribbean Championship, North R1)
09.04.2011 Mexico 25-9 in Mexico City (Caribbean Championship, North R1)

GWC Rugby Rankings do not apply. USA South not included

Prediction: USA South by 7 points. Score 29-22

Teams

USA South Squad

Tyler Bishop Tallahassee
Zach Blalock Birmingham
John Bryant Charleston...
Jeff Calvo Charlotte
Irving Carcamo Charlotte
Dana Corcoran University of South Carolina
Casey Davidson University of Georgia
Austin Dozier MTSU
Nathan Driggers University of Georgia
Amro Gouda Charlotte
Jason Hinchman Charlotte
Matt Hughston Charlotte
Charles Leadingham University of Kentucky
Chris Leatherwood Knoxville
Chris Milledge Charlotte
Alejandro Ospina Charlotte
Andrew Perkins Birmingham
Cole Schanilec UNCW
Chris Sigmund Charleston
Brendan Smith Birmingham
Calvin Storey Columbia
Ben Winiarczyk Tallahassee
David Winiarczyk Old White

Alternates
Robert Busbee University of South Carolina
Austin Grant Valdosta State U
Kyle Hudson Chattanooga
Stephen Johnson Raleigh
James Mathews Troy University
Leith McGuire Columbia
Scott Terrell Montgomery
Brandon Ward Charlotte

http://www.usarugbysouthpanthers.com/

Mexico Squad Unavailable

Barbados v Guyana in Georgetown (Championship, South)

Venue: The Guyana National Stadium, Providence

Referee: Miles McIvor (USA)

Preview
Guyana will be particularly strong at home. Last year they won, against expectations, against USA South in the final in the USA.

Other Previews
http://guyanachronicle.com/banks-dih-throws-support-behind-the-green-machine-guyana-to-play-barbados-in-nacra-15s-title-defence/

Previous Encounters
17.05.2014 Guyana 48-19 in Bridgetown (Championship South)
18.05.2013 Guyana 19-17 in Georgetown (Championship South, R2)
19.05.2012 Drawn 10-10 in Bridgetown (WCQ America; Champ, South R1)
11.06.2011 Guyana 20-7 in Georgetown (Championship, South R3)
08.08.2005 Barbados 27-17 in Georgetown (WCQ America; Championship)

There is a long rugby history between these two nations going back to the mid 1960’s when Guyana was known as British Guiana.

GWC Rugby Rankings
NACRA Table: Guyana 6th, Barbados 8th

Prediction: Guyana to win by 14 points. Score 32-18

Teams

Guyana Squad
Claudius Butts, Ryan Gonsalves, Kevon David, Joesph Rahaman, Allain Crawford, Cyon Kitt, Avery Corbin, Rickford Cummings, Theodore Henry, Richard Staglon, Phabion Joseph, Rondell McArthur, Peabo Hamilton, Godfrey Broomes, Jose Felicien, Jamal Angus, Akeem Fraser, Jason Tyrell, Dwayne Schroeder, Leon Greaves, Lancelot Adonis, Jermaine Prowell, Grantley Williams, Troy Bascom, Blaise Bailey, Delroy Gordon and Ronald Mayers.

Head Coach: Theodore Henry

http://guyanachronicle.com/grfu-names-provisional-squad-for-barbados-clash/

Barbados

Name                                   Date of Birth                Club
Nico Jason Alexander Blunt 10/07/1992                 (Scorpions RFC)
Jermaine Jamal Bynoe         02/06/1987                 (Tridents RFC)
Kevin Jamal Carter               21/09/1989                  (Renegades RFC)
Jerrin Akeen Clarke             11/10/1993                 (Emperors RFC)
Kevin D.A.Cobham               24/01/1992                  (Scorpions RFC
Bryan M.A. Cummings          04/02/1992                 (Scorpions RFC)
Ramon Mc Donald Downes  08/08/1987                  (Renegades RFC)
Raj Keyeuteyen S Edwards 10/02/1989                 (Scorpions RFC)
Anthony R.H. Faggiani         07/07/1986                  (?)
Neil Grantley Forde             04/03/1987                 (Scorpions RFC)
Jamal Omar Gonsalves        10/26/1988                 (Renegades RFC)
Troy Anderson Grant            28/02/1982                  (Tridents RFC)
Caston Henderson Howard  09/21/1986                 (?)
Le-andro Leo Jordan            09/02/1987                  (Tridents RFC)
Romeo James L Mayers      18/01/1980                 (Tridents RFC)
Stephen H.E Millar               12/01/1981                 (Scorpions RFC)
Greg Andre Moseley-Clarke 22/10/1978                 (Renegades RFC)
Kevin Cedric A Murrell          22/12/1989                  (Scorpions RFC)
Tahaire Shabazz Niels         09/03/1989                   (Renegades RFC)
Kenneth A Payne                01/04/1970                  (Renegades RFC) Age 44
Daniel Patrick A Ramsey     14/07/1994                  (Emperors RFC)
Dario Ricardo Stout              14/09/1992                  (?)
Shane Kevin B Taylor          17/06/1995                  (Scorpions RFC)
Mikyle Forde Walcott            02/06/1996                 (Emperors RFC) Age 18

Thanks to Kenneth Payne, Barbados RFU

Turks and Caicos Islands v Bermuda in Hamilton (Cup, North)

Venue: National Sports Centre

Referee: Ryan Hinckson (Guyana)

Preview
This will be a tough assignment for the visitors. They suffered at the hands of Mexico away last season. Mexico replaced Bermuda who were relegated to the Cup level. There was not a great deal between Mexico and Bermuda when they met last season.

Bermuda, on home soil, will be out to make the point that they should be at the Championship level. They are confident that for the first time in three years they have a full squad.

These two nations have never met before in a rugby test match.

Other Previews
http://www.islandstats.com/sport.asp?sport=6&photoeventid=0&assoc=1&newsid=32057

http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20150303/SPORT10/150309923

GWC Rugby Rankings
NACRA Table: Bermuda 5th, Turks and Caicos Islands 16th

Prediction: Bermuda too strong to win by 70 points. Score 78-8

Teams:

Turks and Caicos Islands squad not available

Bermuda Squad

Forwards:
Adam Richards
Aldo Campbell
Bennet Gibson
Chris Stafford
Conor McGlynn
Darren Richardson
Dustin Archibald
Jahan Cedenio
Mike Williams
Paul Dobinson
Peter Dunkerley
Richard Howells
Roedolf van der Westhuizen
Thomas Greenslade

Backs:
Dan Cole
Dunferd Davis
John Quigley
Nigel Burgess
Paddy Calow
Richard Cumbers
Steven Husbands
Thomas Edwards
Tom Healy

http://www.islandstats.com/sport.asp?sport=6&assoc=1&newsid=32053

St Vincent & Grenadines v Curacao in Wilhelmstadt (Cup, South)

Venue: Blue Bay Curacao Golf and Beach Resort

Referee: Toño Magallanes (Mexico)

Preview
Comments from Arthur Hogesteger (Curacao RFU). Edited

Our main players are Robert Perry, player coach and fly-half, Curtleyson Martis, winger and top try scorer for curacao. He will be the first player to reach 10 full international caps for Curacao, as rugby is only played since 2009. Veteren Marius van Noord will lead the pack, he is expected to dominate in the line-outs.There are two new caps with Eelco ten Molder on the flank as the rising star.

Our expectations is that the Cup Pool South will be tough this year. St Vincent brought in a coach from outside to build their team, and with St Lucia and BVI in a close game last weekend. We look forward to close and exiting games. We do hope to be able to play a promotion/relegation game versus either Barbados/Trinidad Tobago/Guyana in September 2015.

Matches Ahead
7 March Curacao - St Vincent
11 April Curacao - St Lucia
2 May BVI - Curacao

Previous Encounters
07.06.2014 Curacao 19-12 in Arnos Vale (Cup, South)
12.01.2013 Curacao 37-24 in Wilhelstadt (Championship, South R1)

GWC Rugby Rankings
NACRA Table: Curacao 11th, St Vincent and Grenadines 15th

Prediction: Curacao by 12 points. Score 30-18

Teams

St Vincent and Grenadines

Player                          Date of Birth      Club Affiliation
Brian Alexander       08/15/1994          Town Sharks
Kimran  Barnum       4/10/1988            Country Pirates
Seymour Browne     01/01/1975         Town Sharks (Age 40)
Rasheed Campbell   08/10/1994         Town Sharks
Gilan Comas                7/6/1989             Town Sharks
Recardo Dallaway     2/11/1983           Town Sharks
Dellon Durrant         11/03/1994          Country Pirates
Kemi Francois             10/25/85             Town Sharks
Jonathan Franklyn     5/31/1992          Town Sharks
Guy Hadley                  8/19/1979           Town Sharks (Age 35)
Kenmore Kit Horne   5/13/1989          Country Pirates
Dugal James                4/24/1981           Canouan All Blacks
Antony Joseph           9/7/1984             Country Pirates
George Kruger          6/26/1994            Country Pirates
Anizo Lewis                 4/9/1985             Country Pirates
Godfrey Matthews    8/15/1988         Leeward Unrulies
Leonard Matthews   12/06/1985       Leeward Unrulies
Benson Nanton        7/17/1997             Leeward Unrulies (Age 17)
Andrew Phillips (C)    9/14/1986          Country Pirates
Richardo Roberts    11/01/1995           Town Sharks
Justin Tittle                  8/4/1983             Town Sharks
Kemron  Thomas       02/16/1990        Town Sharks
Head Coach: Mark Winder

Adapted from email thanks to Valerie Pelletier Acting Secretary
St Vincent and Grenadines RFU

Adapted from email thanks to Valerie Pelletier Acting Secretary
St Vincent and Grenadines RFU

Curacao

1-Glenno Fransman
2-Edel Calmes
3-Carlos Hernandez
4-Eelco te Molder (new cap)
5-Marius van Noort
6-Paulo de Sousa Feirra (captain)
7-Emanuel Koenders
8-Junnyfer Fidanque
9-Oscar Abril-Bonthuis
10-Robert Perry (player coach)
11-Curtleyson Martis (first player for curacao to reach 10 caps)
12-Derk Sonnenberg
13-Arlito dos Passos
14-Jedrick Magdalena
15-Charlie Dekker
Replacements
16-Arthur Hogesteger
17-Mark Verburg
18-Varley Felipa (new cap)
19-Duran Sikkerlad
20-Erik Linsen
21-Ulrich Tomasa
22-Lando Pieters
23-Jerwien Maduro

Coach: Jay Solley
Team Manager: Maarten Aalbers

Thanks to Arthur Hogesteger, Curacao RFU

TEST RUGBY RESULTS: Caribbean Championship

28.06.2014
Guyana 30, USA South 27 in Marietta (Carib. Champ.,Final)-After extra time
Mexico 96, Turks & Caicos Islands 0 in Mexico City (Carib. Ch.,Div.2, North)
Bahamas v Jamaica in ? (Caribbean Champ., Div.2, North)-Result to come

Briefly
For the first time since entering this competition a few years ago the USA team has lost a game. They lost the final 30-27 at home after extra time. Guyana is the new Caribbean champion.

In the other game played Mexico crushed Turks and Caicos Islands at home. The promotion-relegation playoffs will be played in September.

 

NACRA CARIBBEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 28 June

28.06.2014
Guyana v USA South in TBA (Caribbean Champ., Final)
Mexico v Turks and Caicos Islands in Mexico City (Carib. Champ.,Div.2, North)
Bahamas v Jamaica in Nassau (Caribbean Champ., Div.2, North)

Briefly
The big game here is the final. It will be a huge task for Guyana to win this one away from home and in a very unfamiliar environment which is the US of A. I can’t see USA South losing this one.

Prediction: USA South by 20 points

The other two games are the final ones in the round robin series

Mexico by 30 v Turks and Caicos Islands
Bahamas by 5 v Jamaica

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

TEST RUGBY RESULTS: NACRA Round 1

19.01.2013
USA South 50, Mexico 23 in Atlanta (NACRA North R1)
Jamaica 31, Turks and Caicos Islands 13 in Providenciales (NACRA North R1)

USA South and Jamaica will square off in the final of round 1, with the winner progressing to Round 2

This weekend will see St Lucia v British Virgin Islands in the second South Zone game. The winner will play Curacao in the final of Round 1 with the winner progressing to Round 2

Turks and Caicos Islands v Jamaica NACRA Championship Round 1, North Zone

19.01.2013

Venue: Meridian Fields, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands

Referee: Edward Gardner (USA)

Preview

My records have other games played by Turks and Caicos Islands in the past. This may well be their first full test rugby match. I’m waiting to here back from the TCRFU to throw light on this topic.

Whatever the true records say this is the first time that the Turks and Caicos Islands have participated in the NACRA 15’s Championship. They have a first up task in the form of Jamaica who have a long history of rugby in the Caribbean.

My records at www.rugbyinternational.net (go to A-Z at the top) show that Jamaica first played test rugby in 1975 and entered the then Caribbean Championship in 1977.

In 2011 Jamaica entered the NACRA Championship after a short break from test rugby. They lost in the Round 1 North Zone knockout by losing away to Cayman Islands 24-36. Later in 2011 they played a friendly against USA South in Kingston, losing 5-52.

In 2012 Jamaica was back into the championship. This time the competition was a part of the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying stage. The lost 14-68 to Mexico away but surprised everybody by defeating Cayman Islands 19-18 at home. It wasn’t enough and Caymans went through to round 2. But that win would suggest that Jamaica is improving fast.

I expect they will have too much experience for the home side.

GWC Rugby Rankings do not apply as Turks and Caicos are yet to register a game.

Prediction: Jamaica by 30 points

TEAMS

Jamaica squad not available

 

Turks and Caicos Islands squad not available