North American & Caribbean Rugby (NACRA)

[mcruic Profile]

Final scores:
Barbados 26-34 Guyana
Bermuda 7-59 Mexico

[Ser Podrick of Payne Profile]

Guyana topped Barbados 34-26 behind Richard Staglon’s hat-trick on Saturday in Barbados to start their campaign in the RAN’s 15’s rugby tournament. While Staglon had three tries, Vallon Adams also contributed two and Ahmad Isaacs one in the win. Rickford Cummings also had two conversions to help the Guyanese topple their Bajan counterparts.

The Guyanese will now turn their attention to Trinidad on June 10 when they face the twin-island Republic in a home fixture at the National Park rugby field.

http://newsroom.gy/2017/05/14/15s-rugby ... -barbados/


Report Bermuda v Mexico at http://www.islandstats.com/sport.asp?sp ... wsid=40112

[Ser Podrick of Payne Profile]

Halftime: USA South 15 - 5 RHSW Cayman

Last update was 34 - 5 ages ago so presumably that is the result.

[getienne Profile]

Bermuda 7-59 Mexico

Bermuda report : http://www.islandstats.com/sport.asp?assoc=1&sport=6
Mexica report (in spanish) : http://web.zocalo.com.mx/new_site/artic ... on-triunfo

The new RAN site is really a pity. No information at all !

[mcruic Profile]

Halftime: USA South 15 - 5 RHSW Cayman

Last update was 34 - 5 ages ago so presumably that is the result.

Always dangerous to assume that people know how to provide updates on Twitter (i.e. if you are going to post updates from a match, at least provide the final result).

Final score was USA South 39-5 Cayman Islands

Full match is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... ewgEKf1oSU

[RugInt Profile Website]

Final score was USA South 39-5 Cayman Islands

Big turnaround from last year. 28-21 to Caymans in Parklands. A friendly as last year RAN was WCQ. So perhaps the USA South side was not their strongest.

[victorsra Profile Website]

Rugby in Aruba https://www.facebook.com/Aruba-Rugby-Un ... 081093172/

Guadeloupe and St. Kitts and Nevis not anymore in the members list: https://rugbyamericasnorth.com/member-unions/

[Canalina Profile]

I thought that RAN logo was representing a wave or a torpedo (and an oval ball) but now, looking at the image on the left, I suspect that it represents both a whale and the mexican gulf (and an oval ball), with Florida as the head of the whale and those little blue points on the right meaning Bahamas and the whale's blowhole's sprinkle

[Canalina Profile]

A 2017 resuming panel made by RAN

[sjbret Profile]

Interesting to see that Belize, the only "british" among the seven centralamerican countries (Mexico not included), tries to join RAN, while Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua & Panama are Sudamerica Rugby members.

[victorsra Profile Website]

Yep. We have predicted it before. But if the Americas Challenge is a success, we'll an integrated Americas that will just have SR and RAN split because if the WR votes.

[Tobar Profile]

Posted this in the South America thread until I realized it might have more relevance here, given the fact that only a handful of countries are actually from South America.

Just came back from a two week trip to Barranquilla with my gf (she's from there). Great city, great country. I will be going back as much as possible there.

Unfortunately didn't get to see any rugby players because of the holidays but I'll be back in July/August for the Caribbean/Central American games in the city and rugby will be part of it. Pretty stoked - anyone else going?

[Canalina Profile]

I've searched for some news about RAN Championship 2018 but still no infos despite the tournament should begin in three months and a half. Almost all the national federations' website disappeared and the RAN one is not the most updated in the world

[Canalina Profile]

Still no info about RAN Championship but Usa South just published some spicy news

February 7, 2018
USA Rugby South Finalizing a Tour of Central Europe
A three game tour of central Europe during August and September, 2018 has been confirmed with the Unions of Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic. The Panther Men will play the national teams of these three Unions.
The tour selection process will begin right away and selections are expected to be finalized over the next 60 days.
Tour itinerary to date:
8-24 Fri Travel to Budapest
8-25 Sat AM Arrive Budapest
8-25 Sat PM Training
8-26 Sun AM Sightseeing Budapest
8-26 Sun PM USARS v Hungary National XV (Televised)
8-27 Mon AM Sightseeing Budapest
8-28 Tue AM Train to Vienna
8-28 Tue PM Training
8-29 Wed AM Sightseeing Vienna
8-29 Wed PM USARS v Austria National XV
8-30 Thur AM Sightseeing Vienna
8-30 Thur PM Train to Prague
8-31 Fri AM Training
8-31 Fri PM Sightseeing Prague
9-1 Sat AM Sightseeing Prague
9-1 Sat PM USARS v Czech Republic National XV
9-2 Sun Sightseeing Prague or Return USA
9-3 Mon AM Return USA

[Armchair Fan Profile]

Great news.

[Canalina Profile]

Found just few fixtures about RAN 2018, just when I started to think that they had decided to not play it this year

Sat 12 may Guadeloupe v Curacao ("RAN Championship")
Sat 12 may T&Caicos v Brit Virgins (not specified)
Sat 9 june Dominican Rep. v Guadeloupe ("RAN Championship")

[victorsra Profile Website]

So Guadeloupe is back! Debut in 15-a-side?

[grande Profile]

It looks like Guadeloupe has played before, according to Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadeloup ... union_team

[Canalina Profile]

Just a map of the Caribbean Sea, to remember the myriad of islands and of possible RAN competing nations.
It would be easier for the followers if they federated in one only nation called The Antilles !

[Armchair Fan Profile]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team

[Canalina Profile]

About Cuba

"En 1993 se celebró el primer encuentro internacional de una selección de Cuba, contra Isla Caimán"
https://www.havanatimes.org/sp/?p=126820

I wonder if it was a sort of test match or not. No traces of it in the historical rugby websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team

We offer them at least three different possible names, to federate themselves and make us less confused
- The Antilles
- West Indies
- United Islands of America

[Canalina Profile]

RAN published the continental championship 2018 fixtures. Just nine nations involved, while in the past editions they were 14 (I think to remember)

https://rugbyamericasnorth.com/events/mens-15s/

APRIL 14, 2018 CURACAO VS DOMINICAN REPLUBLIC
APRIL 28, 2018 BARBADOS VS JAMAICA
MAY 1, 2018 CAYMAN ISLANDS VS BERMUDA
MAY 12, 2018 BERMUDA VS USA SOUTH
MAY 12, 2018 JAMAICA VS BARBADOS
MAY 12, 2018 GUADELOUPE VS CURACAO
MAY 19, 2018 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO VS BERMUDA
JUNE 9, 2018 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS GUADELOUPE
JUNE 16, 2018 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO VS USA SOUTH
JUNE 23, 2018 CAYMAN ISLANDS VS TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
JULY 7, 2018 USA SOUTH VS CAYMAN

[antlat Profile]

From the list of fixtures, the following are missing in this years tournament;

Saint Vincent & Grenadines
Bahamas
Saint Lucia
Martinique (they have competed in the past)
Guyana (competing in Americas Challenge)
Mexico (competing in Americas Challenge)
British Virgin Islands
Turks & Caicos Islands

By the way they have removed North Zone and South Zone. The Groups are as follows,

2018 Championship
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Trinidad & Tobago
USA South

2018 Cup
Barbados
Jamaica

2018 Trophy
Curacao
Dominican Republic
Guadeloupe

I am sure I read somewhere that the top 2 teams will qualify for the 2019 Americas Challenge. However with Mexico and Guyana not competing I am now not sure.

[victorsra Profile Website]

Mexico and Guyana will play the new Americas Challenge. But how will be the qualification for the 2019 Americas Challenge? Or maybe it will start like the ARC, with always the same teams?

[Canalina Profile]

So, trying a ladder of Americas 2018 tournaments for national teams

- Americas Championship (Canada, Usa, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina)
- Americas Challenge (Mexico, Guyana, Colombia, Paraguay)

- North Championship (Usa South, T&Tobago, Bermuda, Caymans)
- North Cup (Barbados, Jamaica)
- North Trophy (Curacao, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe)
- Sudamericano Mayor A (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Colombia)
- Sudamericano Mayor B ? (Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica.. ?)
- Sudamericano Mayor C ? (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.. ?)