Jamaica national rugby union team
Nickname | Jamaica Crocs | |
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Union | Jamaica Rugby Football Union | |
Head coach | Huntley Anderson | |
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World Rugby ranking | ||
Current | 67 (as of 23 November 2020) | |
First international | ||
Jamaica 6-3 Trinidad and Tobago (27 November 1960) | ||
Biggest win | ||
Jamaica 48-0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5 March 2016) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
Jamaica 5-69 Trinidad and Tobago (12 October 1998) | ||
World Cup | ||
Appearances | 0 |
The Jamaica national rugby union team represents Jamaica in the sport of rugby union. The team has thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup but has participated in qualifying tournaments.
The national side is ranked 67th in the world (as of 29 July 2019).[1]
History
Jamaica played their first rugby international in 1960 losing 3-6 in a match with Trinidad and Tobago.
Jamaica competes in the Caribbean Championship, a tournament which includes Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, and Guyana.[2]
Jamaica took part in qualifying for the 2003 Rugby World Cup. They were knocked out of Round 1 (North) of the Americas tournaments by Trinidad and Tobago, losing 51 to 5.
They attempted to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in June/July 2005. Jamaica drew their first game 10-all against Bermuda, but lost the second match against the Cayman Islands 8-18. They won their last game 5-3 over the Bahamas, and finished third in the group.
Jamaica entered the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifyings, but lost to Guyana by 10-3, and were once again knocked out of the competition.
Record
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Jamaica national XV at test level up until 9 March 2019:
Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
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Bahamas | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 55.56% |
Barbados | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% |
Bermuda | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16.67% |
Cayman Islands | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.18% |
Guyana | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.33% |
Martinique | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Mexico | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Trinidad and Tobago | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 14.29% |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
USA Rugby South | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
USA XV | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Total | 67 | 22 | 40 | 5 | 32.84% |
World Cup record
- 1987 - Did not qualify
- 1991 - 1999 - Did not qualify
- 2003 - 2015 - Did not qualify
- 2019 - Did not qualify
See also
References
External links
- Jamaica Rugby
- Jamaica at the IRB Official Site
- Jamaica Archived 2020-01-15 at the Wayback Machine on rugbydata.com
- Jamaica Official Games
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