NACRA Women's Rugby Championship
| Formerly | Caribbean Women’s Rugby Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Rugby union |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Countries | 4 (in 2011) Cayman Islands Caribbean Select XV Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago
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| Most recent champion(s) |
Trinidad and Tobago (2011) |
In 2010 the former NAWIRA Caribbean Women’s Rugby Championship became the NACRA Women’s Rugby Championship, potentially broadening its coverage in accordance with the widened aim of its recently renamed sponsor.
The first tournament, hosted by the Bahamas, was a significant departure from previous events which had featured only teams from English-speaking West Indies. For the first time USA and Canada sent their U20 teams - however again financial problems restricted the participation of most island teams, with the exception of the Cayman Islands. The result was a three-way NACRA tournament. The Caymans also played hosts The Bahamas for the Caribbean title.
A Caribbean Select XV (with players coming from Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, and St Vincent and The Grenadines) also played non-tournament games against the USA, Canada and Bahamas.
The tournament took place at the Winton Rugby Centre, Nassau, from 15–21 August.
The second tournament, hosted by the Cayman Islands, saw the return to competition of island teams from Trinidad and Jamaica, but no teams from outside the Caribbean, possibly because the tournament clashed with the U20 Nations Cup. Other islands were again represented by a Caribbean Select XV. For the first time, all matches in the tournament were streamed live (by Cayman Rugby TV).
57 pts
Juliana Straker (T&T, flyhalf) (9 tries)
30 pts
Taliah Wilson (T&T, centre) (6)
25 pts
Dalia Jordan-Brown (T&T, wing) (5)
20 pts
Wendy Parchment (Jam) (4)
15 pts
Loletta Hanna (Cay, wing) (3), Alesha Bruce (T&T, wing) (3)
14 pts
Kadjan Gayle (Jam, centre) (1)
10 pts
Jade Ramjag (T&T, flanker) (2), Fiona Brander (Cay, lock) (2), Misty Stewart (Jam, wing) (2), Dana-Ann Fearon (Jam) (2), Karen Holmes (Car) 10 (1)
9 pts
Tenisha Samuel (T&T, centre) (1)
8 pts
Merlin Blackford (T&T) 8 (0)
5 pts
Jo Zeigler (Cay, scrumhalf) (1), Jessica Lane (Cay, nr.eight) (1), Melissa Da Ponte (Car, forward) (1), Anna Knapman-Scott (Car) (1), Jenilee Limada (T&T, nr.eight) (1), Ayana Skeete (T&T) (1), Nicolette Pantor (T&T) (1), Latoya Edwards (T&T, scrumhalf) (1), Sojouner Hyles (T&T, prop) (1), Grace Jarvis (Car, scrumhalf) (1), Akaylia Gordon (Jam) (1), Candice Wright (Jam) (1)
4 pts
Katie Bayles (Cay) (0)
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