Caribbean Women’s Rugby Championship

Infobox sports league
logo=
pixels=100px
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sport=Rugby union
founded=2003
teams=
country=ruw|CAY ruw|GUY ruw|JAM ruw|TRI
champion=ruw|Jamaica

The "Caribbean Women’s 15-a-side Rugby Championship" to give the competition its full title is a small but expanding tournament run by the IRB through NAWIRA - the North America and West Indies Rugby Association. Seven-a-side rugby is growing inter-island sport, but the full 15-a-side game is significantly more resource intensive and so it was only with the financial support of the IRB that the first tournament took place in December 2003.

Only Trinidad and Jamaica took part in that first event, Trinidad winning over two legs in Port of Spain. In September 2006 a second event was organised, this time in Kingston, Jamaica and featuring Guyana. The hosts were again winners by the narrowest of margins.

The third championship will take place in August 2007 in the Cayman Islands. The Caymans have previously only ever played one international - a home defeat to Jamaica in 2004.

=Appearances=Three nations have taken part in the Caribbean Women's Rugby Championships held to date:

*ruw|JAM - 3 appearances (2003, 2006, 2008)
*ruw|TRI - 3 appearances (2003, 2006, 2008)
*ruw|GUY - 2 appearances (2006, 2008)
*ruw|CAY - 1 appearance (2008)

=Winners=

*ruw|JAM - 2006
*ruw|TRI - 2003, 2008

=Tournaments=

2003 (Trinidad)

wrugbybox
date = 2003-12-03
test# = 424
nohome = ruw-rt|TRI
score = 20-0
noaway = ruw|JAM
stadium = Port of Spain
code = 1/1/1

wrugbybox
date = 2003-12-04
test# = 425
nohome = ruw-rt|TRI
score = 10-0
noaway = ruw|JAM
stadium = Port of Spain
code = 2/2/2

2006 (Jamaica)

Final table

Results

wrugbybox
test# = 587
date = 2006-09-28
nohome = ruw-rt|JAM
score = 5-6
noaway = ruw|GUY
stadium = Kingston
code = 4/1/1

wrugbybox
test# = 588
date = 2006-09-29
nohome = ruw-rt|GUY
score = 8-15
noaway = ruw|TRI
stadium = Kingston
code = 2/3/1

wrugbybox
test# = 589
date = 2006-09-30
nohome = ruw-rt|JAM
score = 27-0
noaway = ruw|TRI
stadium = Kingston
code = 5/4/3

2007 (Cayman Islands)

The third championship was arranged to take place in the Cayman Islands, starting 19th August 2007, but was cancelled the day before it was due to start as a result of Hurricane Dean. Three teams had been due to take part - Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago.

2008 (Guyana)

Trinidad and Tobago reclaim the Caribbean title - see [http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/womensrugby/newsid=2023702.html#tt+take+caribbean+womens+crown IRB website] for report.

Table

Results

wrugbybox
test# = 671
date = 2008-05-05
nohome = ruw-rt|GUY
score = 41-0
noaway = ruw|CAY
stadium = Georgetown, Guyana
code = 2/3/1

wrugbybox
test# = 672
date = 2008-05-05
nohome = ruw-rt|JAM
score = 10-12
noaway = ruw|TTO
stadium = Georgetown, Guyana
code = 6/5/4

wrugbybox
test# = 673
date = 2008-05-07
nohome = ruw-rt|CAY
score = 7-12
noaway = ruw|JAM
stadium = Georgetown, Guyana
code = 3/7/2

wrugbybox
test# = 674
date = 2008-05-07
nohome = ruw-rt|GUY
score = 5-5
noaway = ruw|TTO
stadium = Georgetown, Guyana
code = 4/6/2

wrugbybox
test# = 675
date = 2008-05-10
nohome = ruw-rt|CAY
score = 0-79
noaway = ruw|TTO
stadium = Georgetown, Guyana
code = 3/7/1

wrugbybox
test# = 676
date = 2008-05-10
nohome = ruw-rt|GUY
score = 13-10
noaway = ruw|JAM
stadium = Georgetown, Guyana
code = 5/8/2

ee also

*Women's international rugby - includes all women's international match results
* [http://www.caymanrugby.com/news/_files/File/NAWIRA%20Womens%2015s%202007%20Rules%20Final.pdf Tournament rules for 2007 event]