Cara Cup

Cara Cup

Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2019
Number of teams	5
Country	United States Ireland

The Cara Cup was an international club rugby union competition between the teams of the New England Free Jacks, of Major League Rugby, Connacht, Ulster, Munster, and Leinster, academy sides of Irish Pro14 teams.

History

On November 9, 2018, This Is American Rugby reported that the Irish Rugby Football Union and New England Free Jacks would be joining forces to bring a high-level rugby union completion to the New England region in the spring of 2019. ^[1] For the inaugural competition, Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster featured their academy squads, and the Free Jacks featured up-and-coming professional players from both Ireland and the United States.

2019

Date	Opponent	Result	Home	Location	Notes
March 16, 2019	Connacht A	38–7	New England Free Jacks	Union Point Sports Complex	[2]
March 20, 2019	Ulster A	21–44	Connacht A	Union Point Sports Complex	[3]
March 24, 2019	Ulster A	43–15	New England Free Jacks	Union Point Sports Complex	[4]
April 6, 2019	Munster A	38–19	New England Free Jacks	Irish Cultural Centre GAA Field	[5]
April 10, 2019	Munster A	49–53	Leinster A	Union Point Sports Complex	[6]
April 14, 2019	Leinster A	55–12	New England Free Jacks	Harvard Mignone Field	[7]

References

1. "Free Jacks To Host Irish Provincial 'A' Sides". Thisisamericanrugby.com. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
2. "Free Jacks Lose Cara Cup Opener to Connacht Eagles". 18 March 2019. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020.
3. "Connacht Eagles Exit Cara Cup 2-0 After Beating Ulster A". 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019.
4. "Ulster Second Half Leads to Win over New England Free Jacks". 25 March 2019. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019.
5. "New England Free Jacks Competitive in Loss to Munster A". 6 April 2019. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019.
6. "Leinster a Edges Munster a in Cara Cup". 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019.
7. "New England Free Jacks vs Leinster A: Cara Cup 2019". 14 April 2019. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020.