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)

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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)

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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.