Jamaica national rugby union team

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

Jamaica

Nickname	Jamaica Crocs
Union	Jamaica Rugby Football Union
Head coach	Huntley Anderson
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	66 (as of 4 November 2024)
Lowest	67 (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 66th in the world (as of 4 November 2024). ^[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 qualifiers, 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
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
• 2023 - Did not qualify

See also

• Rugby union in Jamaica

References

1. "Women's and Men's Rankings". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
2. Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). Complete Book of Rugby. Seven Oaks Ltd. p. 78. ISBN   1-86200-013-1.

External links

• Jamaica Rugby Archived 2021-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Jamaica at the IRB Official Site
• Jamaica Archived 2020-01-15 at the Wayback Machine on rugbydata.com
• Jamaica Official Games