2015 NACRA Rugby Championship

2015 NACRA Rugby Championship TRI MEX 2014 2016 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."Fixtures" https://web.archive.org/web/20140514135828/http://www.nacrugby.com/fixtures.html May 14, 2014 . NACRA. Retrieved 2014-06-09. Teams Thirteen teams participated in this year's tournament.http://www.nacrugby.com/teams.html 2015 NACRA Senior Men's Teams NACRA 2015-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20150228204013/http://www.nacrugby.com/teams.html 2015-02-28 dead They were seeded into two pools based on their regional rankings. North Zone South Zone Championship USA South TRI CAY GUY MEX BAR Cup BAH CUR BER BVI TCA LCA SVG 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 RankTeamGamesPointsTry bonusLosing bonusTable pointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference 1 MEX (64) 2 2 0 0 74 28 +46 1 0 7 2 CAY (54) 2 1 0 1 28 48 -20 0 0 3 3 USA 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 15:00 AST MEX 50–25 Match Centre USA USA South Henning 4 Arredondo 8 Cordone 35 Pierre 47 Carner 56 Sandros 67 Nadaud Del Castillo 73 Rodriguez Escobedo 78 Carner 5 36 Sandros 48 57 68 Winiarczyk 24 76 Gouda 64 Hughston 25 76 Hughston 20 34 Universidad Iberoamericana, Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico March 21, 2015 15:00 AST USA South USA 24–25 Team SheetMatch Report CAY Benjamin Winiarczyk,Brendan Smith,David Winiarczyk,Cathal Doyle Luca Baistrocchi 2 Justin Wight,Morgan Hayward,Jonathan Murphy Morgan Hayward 2 Morgan Hayward 2 Life University, Marietta, United States of America April 11, 2015 15:00 AST CAY 3–24 Match Centre MEX Haywood 49 Rodriguez 25 Flegmann Sandler 40 Nadaud Del Castillo 78 80 Susarrey Diaz-Barriga 78 80 Reyes Conn 2 3' to 13 72 Ruiz 47 57 Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands North Zone Cup RankTeamGamesPointsTry bonusLosing bonusTable pointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference 1 BAH (86) 2 2 0 0 45 22 +23 1 0 5 2 BER (62) 2 1 0 1 70 24 +46 1 1 4 3 TCA (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 15:00 AST BER 55-3 Team Sheet TCA Dan Cole 2,Rich Cumbers,Dunfred Davis,Paul Dobinson,Tom Healy,Roedolf Van Der Westhuizen Paddy Calow 4 Paddy Calow 4 Gareth Butler National Sports Centre, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda 250 March 21, 2015 15:00 AST BAH 21–15 Match Report BER Giovanni Rolle,Michael Watkins,Charles Smith 3 Paul Davis,Roedolf van der Westhuizen Patrick Calow Patrick Calow Winston Rugby Centre, Nassau, Bahamas April 18, 2015 TBA AST TCA 7-24 Match Report BAH Turbyfield 36 Turbyfield 37 Beadle 19 Cutler 21 Salabie 19 Salabie 10 45 50 71 Beadle 57 67 Meridian Field, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands North Zone Championship relegation play-off January 9, 2016 15:00 EST BAH 18-37 USA USA South Winston Rugby Centre, Nassau, Bahamas South Zone South Zone Championship PositionTeamGamesPointsTry bonusLosing bonusTable pointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference 1 TRI (52) 2 2 0 0 66 27 +39 1 0 5 2 GUY (53) 2 1 0 1 68 44 +24 1 0 3 3 BAR (73) 2 0 0 2 29 92 -63 0 0 0 Pre-tournament World Rugby Rankings in parentheses. Games March 7, 2015 15:00 AST GUY 48-22 Match Report BAR Corbin 15 Angus 28 70 Bailey 36 48 Butts 43 Henry 50 Staglon 55 Gonsalves 28 43 51 Prowell 55 Prowell 34 44 Faggiani 20 58 Millar 66 Clarke 74 Cummins 66 Guyana National Stadium, Providence, Guyana 500 March 21, 2015 15:00 AST BAR 7-44 Team Sheet TRI Mikyle Walcott Kevin Carter Anderson Joseph 2,Jessie Richards 2,Akiel Smith 2,Shakir Flemming 3 1 Garrison Savannah Racetrack, Bridgetown, Barbados April 11, 2015 15:00 AST TRI 22-20 Match Report GUY Phillip 22 Wright 37 Alleyne 60 Cabera 69 Guerra 38 McKenzie 42 78 Corbin 64 Staglon 72 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 400 South Zone Cup PositionTeamGamesPointsBonusTable pointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference 1 BVI (NR) 3 3 0 0 63 29 +34 0 6 2 CUR (NR) 3 1 1 1 60 62 -2 2 5 3 SVG (78) 3 1 1 1 55 54 +1 1 4 4 LCA (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 15:00 AST LCA 14–22 Report BVI Lenford Eugene 32 Claudius Butcher 43 Colvis Samuels 32 44 Joseph 18 28 Adebola Hafner 35 Andrae Adams 68 Eugene Maduro 80 Rory Greenan 36 69 Rory Greenan 40 Mindoo Phillip Park, Castries, St Lucia 4000 March 7, 2015 15:00 AST CUR 24–24 Match Centre SVG Verburg 47 Sonnenberg 62 Perry 69 Dekker 75 Perry 48 62 Comas 22 Phillips 24 Lewis 32 Matthews 55 Kruger 23 33 CH Mahuma Field, Willemstad, Curaçao 6000 March 21, 2015 15:00 AST LCA 8–16 Team Sheet SVG Henson Hunte Colvis Samuel Anzio Lewis 2 Kimran Barnum,George Kruger Castries, St Lucia 8500 April 11, 2015 15:00 AST LCA 19-36 CUR Mindoo Phillip Park, Castries, St Lucia April 18, 2015 15:00 AST SVG 15-22 BVI Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 May 2015 15:00 AST BVI 19-0 BVI Platinum Match Report CUR Shamarie Spencer,Noel Maxwell,Austin Keil Rory Thornton 2 A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2000 South Zone Championship relegation play-off November 7, 2015 BVI 15-17 BRB Wilson 13'c Holmes 39' Thornton 13' Thornton 2' Edwards 33'c Carter 59'c Carter 34', 60' Carter 10' A.O. Shirley Stadium, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands 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.http://rugbyredefined.com/2015/04/27/nacra-final-trinidad-tobago-30-v-16-mexico/ NACRA FINAL : TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 30 V 16 MEXICO Rugby Redefined April 27, 2015 May 1, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150528043719/http://rugbyredefined.com/2015/04/27/nacra-final-trinidad-tobago-30-v-16-mexico/ May 28, 2015 dead April 25, 2015 15:00 AST TRI 30-16 WR Team Sheet,NACRA Match Report MEX Samuel Roberts (9'),Adam Frederick (31'c),Penalty Try (40'),Agboola Silverthorn (74'c) Andrew Taylor 2 Andrew Taylor (26'), Felician Guerra (34') Felician Guerra 60 70 Marcus Flegmann (46'),Simon Pierre (66') Miguel Carner 2 (10', 29') Marcus Flegmann 29 39 St Mary's College Sports Ground, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 450 CAY Dave Sherwin See also NACRA Rugby Championship References External links NACRA website 2015 Category:2015 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:2015 in North American rugby union rugby union