词条 | Cayman Islands national rugby union team | |||
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| country = Cayman Islands | image= | imagesize= | union = Cayman Islands Rugby Football Union | nickname = FFP Cayman Rugby | captain = Killian Everard | vice captain = Morgan Hayward | coach = Garry Southway, Jovan Bowles, Olan Daly | from = | caps = | top scorer = | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _thinwhitesides | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = 1A2D69 | body1 = 1A2D69 | rightarm1 = 1A2D69 | shorts1 = 1A2D69 | socks1 = ff0000 | first = {{ru|Jamaica}} 9-10 {{ru-rt|Cayman Islands}} (13 March 1976) | bigwin = {{ru|Cayman Islands}} 48-0 {{ru-rt|Jamaica}} (13 February 2001) | bigloss = {{ru|Bermuda}} 38-5 {{ru-rt|Cayman Islands}} (27 October 1996) | year = | best = }} The Cayman Islands national rugby union team represents the Cayman Islands in the sport of rugby union. They have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have participated in qualifying tournaments. The sport in the Cayman Islands is governed by the Cayman Rugby Union. The Cayman Islands have players throughout the squad playing through the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Canada and the USA. As of 2019, the Cayman Islands competes in the Rugby Americas Challenge along with Columbia, Mexico and Paraguay. In 2019 they were crowned champions of the Caribbean after representing the Northern Caribbean region and beating Guyana (who were the champions of the Southern region) by 58 to 14 on 9th February 2019. The Cayman Islands will be the fourth team to qualify for the Americas Rugby Challenge which will be held later in the Summer of 2019. Cayman reached their highest ever position and finally broke into the Top 50 (48th) in the World Rugby Rankings in February 2019 and became the highest ranked team in the Caribbean and the third best team in the Rugby Americas North region behind USA (15th) and Canada (21st). Their shirts are dark blue, with a single 2 white hoops and red stripe across the shoulder. HistoryThe Cayman Islands played Mexico in 1985 in Mexico City, defeating them 22 points to 18. There were also a number of games played in 1999 in Georgetown against other nations such as Bermuda and the Bahamas. The team played a match against Mexico in 2001, which they won 20 to 14. The Cayman Islands attempted to qualify for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, taking part in the Americas qualifying tournaments during 2001. In their first match they defeated Guyana, but were then knocked out of qualification after losing to Trinidad and Tobago. In 2005 they attempted to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, and started their campaign in the North Pool of Round 1a of the qualifying tournaments, alongside the Bahamas, Jamaica and Bermuda. They however finished second in the pool, behind the Bahamas, winning two of their three fixtures. In 2018, the Cayman Islands signed a multi-year kit deal with international apparel brand Scimitar Sportswear. Recent games
World Cup record
SquadSquad for 2019 North America Rugby Challenge Play Off Final
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References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/173339|title=World Rugby endorses Japan 2019 progress as planning gathers pace|first=|last=rugbybworldcup.com|date=|website=rugbyworldcup.com|accessdate=19 April 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match=12592/index.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-07-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917091957/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/matches/match%3D12592/index.html |archivedate=2012-09-17 |df= }} External links
4 : Caribbean national rugby union teams|Rugby union in the Cayman Islands|National sports teams of the Cayman Islands|1976 establishments in the Cayman Islands |
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