Bahamas national rugby union team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Bahamas women's national rugby union team.

Bahamas

First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	103 (as of 4 November 2024)
Highest	102 (2024)
First international
Bermuda 24 - 3 Bahamas   (22 March 1997)
Biggest win
Bahamas 42 - 5 Dominican Republic   (3 June 2017)
Biggest defeat
Barbados 52 - 3 Bahamas   (1 October 2005)

The Bahamas national rugby union team represent the Bahamas in the sport of rugby union. The team have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have participated in qualifying tournament. The nation is classified as tier three by the International Rugby Board (IRB).

History

The Bahamas made their international debut on March 22, 1997 in a match against Bermuda. Bermuda won the contest 24 points to 3. The Bahamas played Barbados that April, and in the process won their first international; defeating Barbados 37-23. The team played three internationals during October 1998; although the Bahamas lost all three games, against Bermuda, Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica.

The Bahamas compete in the Caribbean Championship, a tournament which includes Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, the Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, and Guyana. ^[1]

They played a one-off international in 2001, losing to Barbados 18 points to 25. Another international was played in June 2003, where they lost 7 to 13 to the Cayman Islands. The Bahamas took part in the Americas qualifying tournaments for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. They won their first two matches, defeating the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, but lost their third against Jamaica. However, they did finish at the top of the Northern Pool, clinching the play-off match against the winner of the other pool. The Bahamas lost to Barbados in the play-off match, 52-3.

Record

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Bermuda national XV at test level up until 3 June 2017:

Against	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Won
Barbados	4	2	1	1	50%
Bermuda	9	2	7	0	22.22%
Cayman Islands	7	1	6	0	14.29%
Cayman Islands A	1	1	0	0	100%
Dominican Republic	1	1	0	0	100%
Guadeloupe	1	1	0	0	100%
Guyana	2	1	1	0	50%
Jamaica	9	3	5	1	33.33%
Mexico	4	2	2	0	50%
Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	3	0	25%
Turks and Caicos Islands	4	3	1	0	75%
USA A	1	0	1	0	0%
USA South	2	0	2	0	0%
Total	49	18	28	3	36.73%

World Cup record

• 1987 - Did not enter
• 1991 - Did not enter
• 1995 - Did not enter
• 1999 - Did not qualify
• 2003 - Did not qualify
• 2007 - Did not qualify
• 2011 - Did not qualify
• 2015 - Did not qualify

Squad

Squad to 2012 NACRA Championship 26 May 2012 ^[2]

Squad Craig Anthony Charles Smith Manny Roussos John Gates Marcus Cheetham Justin Cunningham Shawn Kemp Devon Woodside Kevin Salabie Jeremico Cooper (c) Michael Watkins Jamie Anthony Duran Beadle Carlton Oliver Jamaal Curry

Substitutes Garfield Morrison Earl Thurston Bovair Davis Kacy Charlton Dorian Butler Giovanni Johnson Levar Boyd Coach Ken Hutton

References

1. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN   1-86200-013-1) p78
2. "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17.

External links

• Bahamas on IRB.com
• Rugby Bahamas
• Bahamas Archived 2020-01-15 at the Wayback Machine on rugbydata.com
• http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2017/06/04/bahamas-back-life-big-win-dominican-republic/