The Jamaica national rugby union team represents Jamaica in the sport of rugby union. The team has thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup but has participated in qualifying tournaments.
| Nickname | Jamaica Crocs | |
|---|---|---|
| Union | Jamaica Rugby Football Union | |
| Head coach | Huntley Anderson | |
| ||
| World Rugby ranking | ||
| Current | 66 (as of 4 November 2024) | |
| Lowest | 67 (23 November 2020) | |
| First international | ||
 Jamaica 6-3 Trinidad and Tobago  (27 November 1960) | ||
| Biggest win | ||
Jamaica 48-0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  (5 March 2016) | ||
| Biggest defeat | ||
| Jamaica 5-69 Trinidad and Tobago (12 October 1998) | ||
| World Cup | ||
| Appearances | 0 | |
The national side is ranked 66th in the world (as of 4 November 2024).[1]
History
editJamaica played their first rugby international in 1960 losing 3-6 in a match with Trinidad and Tobago.
Jamaica competes in the Caribbean Championship, a tournament which includes Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, and Guyana.[2]
Jamaica took part in qualifying for the 2003 Rugby World Cup. They were knocked out of Round 1 (North) of the Americas tournaments by Trinidad and Tobago, losing 51 to 5.
They attempted to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in June/July 2005. Jamaica drew their first game 10-all against Bermuda, but lost the second match against the Cayman Islands 8-18. They won their last game 5-3 over the Bahamas, and finished third in the group.
Jamaica entered the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifyings, but lost to Guyana by 10-3, and were once again knocked out of the competition.
Record
editBelow is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Jamaica national XV at test level up until 9 March 2019:
| Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bahamas |
9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 55.56% |
 Barbados |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% |
 Bermuda |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16.67% |
 Cayman Islands |
11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.18% |
 Guyana |
12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.33% |
 Martinique |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Mexico |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 14.29% |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 USA Rugby South |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| USA XV |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 67 | 22 | 40 | 5 | 32.84% |
World Cup record
edit- 1987 - Did not qualify
- 1991 - 1999 - Did not qualify
- 2003 - 2015 - Did not qualify
- 2019 - Did not qualify
- 2023 - Did not qualify
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Women's and Men's Rankings". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). Complete Book of Rugby. Seven Oaks Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 1-86200-013-1.
External links
edit- Jamaica Rugby
- Jamaica at the IRB Official Site
- Jamaica Archived 2020-01-15 at the Wayback Machine on rugbydata.com
- Jamaica Official Games