2015 NACRA Rugby Championship

2015 NACRA Rugby Championship
Champions	Trinidad and Tobago
Runners-up	Mexico
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The 2015 NACRA Rugby Championship, the eighth edition of the NACRA Rugby Championship, was a rugby union championship for Tier 3 North American and Caribbean teams. Pool play took place between 28 February and 18 April. A championship game, as well as promotion/relegation matches, followed.

The championship was split between North and South zones, which each had a three-team championship. The North Zone had a three-team cup, while the South Zone had a four-team cup. The winner of each championship played for the final, championship game, and a promotion/relegation game was played in each zone, between the winner of the cup, and the last place team of the championship.

Competition points are different from most rugby union tournaments: Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw. There are also bonus points for scoring four tries and for losing within a margin of seven points or less. ^[1]

Teams

Thirteen teams participated in this year's tournament. ^[2] They were seeded into two pools based on their regional rankings.

North Zone	South Zone
Championship
USA South	Trinidad and Tobago
Cayman Islands	Guyana
Mexico	Barbados
Cup
Bahamas	Curaçao
Bermuda	British Virgin Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands	Saint Lucia
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

There were two notable changes from the previous year: Mexico replaced Bermuda in the North Championship, and Jamaica was no longer participating.

North Zone

North Zone Championship

Rank	Team	Games				Points			Try bonus	Losing bonus	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Mexico (64)	2	2	0	0	74	28	+46	1	0	7
2	Cayman Islands (54)	2	1	0	1	28	48	-20	0	0	3
3	USA South (NR)	2	0	0	2	49	75	-26	1	1	2

Pre-tournament World Rugby Rankings in parentheses. USA South was not a full member of World Rugby.

Games

	March 7, 2015	Mexico	50–25	USA South	Universidad Iberoamericana, Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico
	15:00 AST	Try: Henning  4' Arredondo  8' Cordone  35' Pierre  47' Carner  56' Sandros  67' Nadaud Del Castillo  73' Rodriguez Escobedo  78' Con: Carner  5', 36' Sandros  48', 57', 68'	Match Centre	Try: Winiarczyk  24', 76' Gouda  64' Con: Hughston  25', 76' Pen: Hughston  20', 34'

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	March 21, 2015	USA South	24–25	Cayman Islands	Life University, Marietta, United States of America
	15:00 AST	Try: Benjamin Winiarczyk, Brendan Smith, David Winiarczyk, Cathal Doyle Con: Luca Baistrocchi 2	Team Sheet Match Report	Try: Justin Wight, Morgan Hayward, Jonathan Murphy Con: Morgan Hayward 2 Pen: Morgan Hayward 2

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	April 11, 2015	Cayman Islands	3–24	Mexico	Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands
	15:00 AST	Pen: Haywood  49'	Match Centre	Try: Rodriguez  25' Flegmann Sandler  40' Nadaud Del Castillo  78', 80' Con: Susarrey Diaz-Barriga  78', 80' Cards: Reyes Conn  3' to 13'  72' Ruiz 47' to 57'

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North Zone Cup

Rank	Team	Games				Points			Try bonus	Losing bonus	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Bahamas (86)	2	2	0	0	45	22	+23	1	0	5
2	Bermuda (62)	2	1	0	1	70	24	+46	1	1	4
3	Turks and Caicos Islands (NR)	2	0	0	2	10	79	-69	0	0	0

Pre-tournament World Rugby Rankings in parentheses. Turks & Caicos Islands were not a full member of World Rugby.

Games

	March 7, 2015	Bermuda	55-3	Turks and Caicos Islands	National Sports Centre, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
	15:00 AST	Try: Dan Cole 2, Rich Cumbers, Dunfred Davis, Paul Dobinson, Tom Healy, Roedolf Van Der Westhuizen Con: Paddy Calow 4 Pen: Paddy Calow 4	Team Sheet	Pen: Gareth Butler	Attendance: 250

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	March 21, 2015	Bahamas	21–15	Bermuda	Winston Rugby Centre, Nassau, Bahamas
	15:00 AST	Try: Giovanni Rolle, Michael Watkins, Charles Smith Con: 3	Match Report	Try: Paul Davis, Roedolf van der Westhuizen Con: Patrick Calow Pen: Patrick Calow

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	April 18, 2015	Turks and Caicos Islands	7-24	Bahamas	Meridian Field, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
	TBA AST	Try: Turbyfield  36' Con: Turbyfield  37'	Match Report	Try: Beadle  19' Cutler  21' Con: Salabie  19' Pen: Salabie  10', 45', 50', 71' Cards: Beadle 57' to 67'

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North Zone Championship relegation play-off

	January 9, 2016	Bahamas	18-37	USA South	Winston Rugby Centre, Nassau, Bahamas
	15:00 EST

South Zone

South Zone Championship

Position	Team	Games				Points			Try bonus	Losing bonus	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Trinidad and Tobago (52)	2	2	0	0	66	27	+39	1	0	5
2	Guyana (53)	2	1	0	1	68	44	+24	1	0	3
3	Barbados (73)	2	0	0	2	29	92	-63	0	0	0

Pre-tournament World Rugby Rankings in parentheses.
Games

	March 7, 2015	Guyana	48-22	Barbados	Guyana National Stadium, Providence, Guyana
	15:00 AST	Try: Corbin  15' Angus  28', 70' Bailey  36', 48' Butts  43' Henry  50' Staglon  55' Con: Gonsalves  28', 43', 51' Prowell  55' Cards: Prowell 34' to 44'	Match Report	Try: Faggiani  20', 58' Millar  66' Clarke  74' Con: Cummins  66'	Attendance: 500

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	March 21, 2015	Barbados	7-44	Trinidad and Tobago	Garrison Savannah Racetrack, Bridgetown, Barbados
	15:00 AST	Try: Mikyle Walcott Con: Kevin Carter	Team Sheet	Try: Anderson Joseph 2, Jessie Richards 2, Akiel Smith 2, Shakir Flemming Con: 3 Pen: 1

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	April 11, 2015	Trinidad and Tobago	22-20	Guyana	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
	15:00 AST	Try: Phillip  22' Wright  37' Alleyne  60' Cabera  69' Con: Guerra  38'	Match Report	Try: McKenzie  42', 78' Corbin  64' Staglon  72'	Attendance: 400

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South Zone Cup

Position	Team	Games				Points			Bonus	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	British Virgin Islands (NR)	3	3	0	0	63	29	+34	0	6
2	Curaçao (NR)	3	1	1	1	60	62	-2	2	5
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (78)	3	1	1	1	55	54	+1	1	4
4	Saint Lucia (NR)	3	0	0	3	41	74	-33	0	0

Pre-tournament World Rugby Rankings in parentheses. British Virgin Islands, Curaçao and St Lucia were not full members of World Rugby.

Games

	February 28, 2015	Saint Lucia	14–22	British Virgin Islands	Mindoo Phillip Park, Castries, St Lucia
	15:00 AST	Try: Lenford Eugene  32' Claudius Butcher  43' Con: Colvis Samuels  32', 44' Cards: Joseph 18' to 28'	Report	Try: Adebola Hafner  35' Andrae Adams  68' Eugene Maduro  80' Con: Rory Greenan  36', 69' Pen: Rory Greenan  40'	Attendance: 4000

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	March 7, 2015	Curaçao	24–24	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	CH Mahuma Field, Willemstad, Curaçao
	15:00 AST	Try: Verburg  47' Sonnenberg  62' Perry  69' Dekker  75' Con: Perry  48', 62'	Match Centre	Try: Comas  22' Phillips  24' Lewis  32' Matthews  55' Con: Kruger  23', 33'	Attendance: 6000

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	March 21, 2015	Saint Lucia	8–16	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Castries, St Lucia
	15:00 AST	Try: Henson Hunte Pen: Colvis Samuel	Team Sheet	Try: Anzio Lewis 2 Pen: Kimran Barnum, George Kruger	Attendance: 8500

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	April 11, 2015	Saint Lucia	19-36	Curaçao	Mindoo Phillip Park, Castries, St Lucia
	15:00 AST

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	April 18, 2015	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15-22	British Virgin Islands	Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	15:00 AST

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	2 May 2015	British Virgin Islands	19-0	Curaçao	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Road Town, British Virgin Islands
	15:00 AST	Try: Shamarie Spencer, Noel Maxwell, Austin Keil Con: Rory Thornton 2	BVI Platinum Match Report		Attendance: 2000

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South Zone Championship relegation play-off

	November 7, 2015	British Virgin Islands	15-17	Barbados	A.O. Shirley Stadium, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
		Try: Wilson 13'c Holmes 39' Con: Thornton 13' Pen: Thornton 2'		Try: Edwards 33'c Carter 59'c Con: Carter 34', 60' Pen: Carter 10'	Attendance: 100

Final

The champions of the north and south zone championship, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago respectively, faced off in the NACRA Championship final. Trinidad and Tobago, as the higher ranked team, earned the right to host the match at St Mary's College Sports Ground on 25 April 2015.

Trinidad and Tobago won their third NACRA Championship, defeating first time finalists, Mexico, in the final 30-16. ^[3]

	April 25, 2015	Trinidad and Tobago	30-16	Mexico	St Mary's College Sports Ground, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
	15:00 AST	Try: Samuel Roberts (9'), Adam Frederick (31'c), Penalty Try (40'), Agboola Silverthorn (74'c) Con: Andrew Taylor 2 Pen: Andrew Taylor (26'), Felician Guerra (34') Cards: Felician Guerra 60' to 70'	WR Team Sheet, NACRA Match Report	Try: Marcus Flegmann (46'), Simon Pierre (66') Pen: Miguel Carner 2 (10', 29') Cards: Marcus Flegmann 29' to 39'	Attendance: 450 Referee: Dave Sherwin

See also

• NACRA Rugby Championship

References

1. "Fixtures" Archived May 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . NACRA. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
2. "2015 NACRA Senior Men's Teams". NACRA. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
3. "NACRA FINAL : TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 30 V 16 MEXICO". Rugby Redefined. April 27, 2015. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.

External links

• NACRA website