2014 NACRA Rugby Championship

The 2014 NACRA Rugby Championship, the seventh edition of the NACRA Rugby Championship, was a rugby union championship for Tier 3 North American and Caribbean teams. Pool play took place between 10 May and 28 June. A championship game followed in June, with Guyana defeating USA South in extra time. Mexico was promoted to the North Championship, with Bermuda moving down, due to the latter's inability to organize the promotion/relegation match. In the South division, Barbados defeated Curaçao to remain in the Championship.

2014 NACRA Rugby Championship
ChampionsUSA Rugby South
Runners-up Guyana
← 2013
2015 →

The championship is split between North and South zones, which each have a three-team Championship and four-team Cup. The winner of each Championship play for the final, championship game, and a promotion/relegation game is 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 7 points or less.[1]

Teams

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Fourteen teams will take place in this year's tournament.[2] They are seeded into two pools based on their regional rankings, in brackets.[2]

North Zone South Zone
Championship
USA South (1)   Trinidad and Tobago (2)
  Cayman Islands (3)   Guyana (5)
  Bermuda (4)   Barbados (6)
Cup
  Bahamas (7)   Curaçao (10)
  Jamaica (8)   British Virgin Islands (11)
  Mexico (9)   Saint Lucia (12)
  Turks and Caicos Islands (14)   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (13)

North Zone

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North Zone Championship

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Position Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 USA South 2 2 0 0 67 36 +31 1 0 5
2   Cayman Islands 2 1 0 1 54 39 +15 1 1 4
3   Bermuda 2 0 0 2 9 57 −48 0 0 0


May 10, 2014 USA South 33 – 6   Bermuda Life University, Marietta, Georgia, United States  
16:00 EDT Try: Ty Elkins (2)
Ben Paul
Con: Lucas Baistrocchi (3/3)
Pen: Lucas Baistrocchi (4/4)
Report Pen: Tommy Edwards (2/2)


June 7, 2014 Bermuda   3 – 24   Cayman Islands Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda  
16:00 ADT Pen: Tommy Edwards (1/1) Report Try: Keswick Wright
Yohann Regnard
Con: Morgan Hayward (1/2)
Pen: Morgan Hayward (3/4)
Marco Du Plessis (1/1)


June 14, 2014 Cayman Islands   30-34 USA South Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands  
16:00 AST Try: Morgan Hayward
Joel Clark
Marco Du Plessis
Pen: Morgan Hayward (2)
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North Zone Cup

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Position Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1   Mexico 3 3 0 0 163 26 +137 3 0 9
2   Jamaica 3 2 0 1 35 50 −15 0 0 2
3   Bahamas 3 1 0 2 41 61 −20 0 1 2
4   Turks and Caicos Islands 3 0 0 3 17 119 −102 0 2 2


May 17, 2014 Bahamas   18 – 33[3]   Mexico Winton Rugby Centre, Nassau, Bahamas  
16:00 EDT


May 17, 2014 Jamaica   10 – 6[3]   Turks and Caicos Islands Kingston, Jamaica  
16:00 (UTC-5)


May 31, 2014 Turks and Caicos Islands   11 – 13[4]   Bahamas Meridan Field, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands  
16:00 EDT


June 7, 2014 Jamaica   8 – 34   Mexico Ewarton, Jamaica  
16:00 (UTC-5) Try: Unknown (No. 11)
Pen: Unknown
Report Try: Simon Pierre (2)
Fharid Samano (2)
Mizael Loredo ?
Penalty Try
Con: Lucas Collavizza (2/5)
Attendance: 350


June 28, 2014 (TBC) Bahamas   10 - 17   Jamaica Winton Rugby Centre, Nassau, Bahamas  
16:00 EDT


June 28, 2014 (TBC) Mexico   96 - 0   Turks and Caicos Islands Mexico City, Mexico  
16:00 CST

North Zone Championship relegation play-off

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The North Zone Championship relegation play-off was played between the last-placed team of the North Zone Championship, Bermuda, and the winner of the North Zone Cup, Mexico. However, Bermuda was unable to organize the match, and Mexico moved to the Championship by default.[5]

South Zone

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South Zone Championship

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Position Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1   Guyana 2 2 0 0 63 27 +36 1 0 5
2   Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 0 1 42 20 +22 1 1 4
3   Barbados 2 0 0 2 24 82 −58 0 0 0


May 17, 2014 Barbados   19 – 48[3]   Guyana Garrison Historic Area, St Michael, Barbados  
16:00 AST


May 24, 2014 Trinidad and Tobago   34 – 5   Barbados Port of Spain, Trinidad  
16:00 AST Try: James Phillip (3)
Adam Fredericks
Joseph Quashie
Daryl Scott
Con: Aasan Lewis (2/6)
Report Try: ?


June 7, 2014 Guyana   15 – 8   Trinidad and Tobago Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana  
16:00 GYT (UTC-4)

South Zone Cup

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Position Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1   Curaçao 3 3 0 0 117 31 +86 2 0 8
2   Saint Lucia 3 2 0 1 62 96 −34 2 0 6
3   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 1 0 2 58 67 −5 1 2 5
4   British Virgin Islands 3 0 0 3 52 95 −43 0 1 1


May 10, 2014 Curaçao   56 – 7   Saint Lucia Blue Bay Curaçao Golf and Beach Resort, Sint-Michiel, Curaçao  
16:00 AST Try: Rob Perry (3)
James Brienburg (2)
Jacco Eilers
Johan Faas
Mooi Thimas
Mark Verberg
Con: Mooi Thomas (4/9)
Pen: Mooi Thomas
Report Try: Werdel St Clair
Con: Colvis Samuel (1/1)


May 17, 2014 British Virgin Islands   22 – 24   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Road Town, British Virgin Islands  
16:00 AST Try: Grashaun Audain
Simon Knight
Donovan Staple
Con: Rory Thorton (2/3)
Pen: Rory Thorton
Report Try: Godfrey Matthews
Recardo Dallaway
Rasheed Campbell
Kemi Francois
Con: Phillip Alvis (2/4)


June 7, 2014 British Virgin Islands   18 – 29   Saint Lucia A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Road Town, British Virgin Islands  
16:00 AST


June 7, 2014 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   12 – 19   Curaçao Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  
16:00 AST


June 21, 2014 Curaçao   42 - 12   British Virgin Islands Blue Bay Curaçao Golf and Beach Resort, Sint-Michiel, Curaçao  
16:00 AST Try: Curtleyson Martis (3)
Tjakko Breuer (2)
Con: ?/5
Pen: ?
Drop: ?
Report Try: Thomas Chapman
Rory Thorton
Con: Rory Thorton (1/2)


June 21, 2014 Saint Lucia   26 - 22   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Lucia  
16:00 AST Try: Lenford Eugene (2)
Ervin Joseph
Imran Williams
Con: Colvis Samuels (3/4)
Report Try: Philip Alvis (2)
Justin Joyles
George Kruger
Con: Philip Alvis (1/4)

South Zone Championship relegation play-off

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The South Zone Championship relegation play-off will be played between the last-placed team of the South Zone Championship, Barbados, and the winner of the South Zone Cup, Curaçao. The winner will play in the 2015 South Zone Championship.[1]

Sept 20, 2014   Curaçao 0 - 29   Barbados Blue Bay Curaçao Golf and Beach Resort, Sint-Michiel, Curaçao  
TBC

Final

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The final will be played between the winner of the North Zone Championship, USA South, and the winner of the South Zone Championship, Guyana.[1]

June 28, 2014 USA South 27 - 30 aet   Guyana Life University, United States  
16:00 Try: Matt Hughston 3,
Brendan Smith
Con: Tom Snow 2
Pen: Tom Snow
Match Report Try: Claudius Butts,
Vallon Adams,
Avery Corbin,
Theodore Henry
Con: Ryan Gonsalves 2
Pen: Ryan Gonsalves 2
Cards: Avery Corbin   57' to 67'
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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Fixtures" Archived May 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. NACRA. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  2. ^ a b "2014 NACRA Senior Men's Championships Final Format" (PDF). USA Rugby South. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  3. ^ a b c "St Vincent and Grenadines open 2014 season with 24-22 win over BVIpublisher=NACRA". 2014-05-17. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  4. ^ https://www.facebook.com/TCIRFU/photos/a.10151699420270124.1073741828.57551880123/10152070376925124/?type=1 [user-generated source]
  5. ^ "Facebook". Facebook (in Spanish). Rugby Mexico FMRU. 2014-08-29. Archived from the original on 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
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