• Source: Rugby union in the Cayman Islands

Rugby union is a growing sport in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands national rugby union team is ranked 53rd in the world, with 2,256 registered players.




Governing body


The governing body is Cayman Rugby, which is a member of World Rugby, and the Rugby Americas North (RAN).




History


Although there has been interest in the game in the Cayman Islands for decades, it only became properly organised in 1972, when the Cayman Islands RFC was founded. This team faced the challenge of having no rugby ball, pitch, and no clubhouse, for several years, and their nearest opponents were in Jamaica 600 miles away. In 1975, however, Jeff Butterfield, a former England player acquired the rights to a piece of pine forest, which was turned into their pitch.
Nowadays, the islands have their own men's team, and also a women's team, which was established in 2004. There is also a national Sevens team. A schools development programme is also now in force allowing the development of an under 18/19 national team.
The Cayman Islands compete in the Caribbean Championship, a tournament which includes Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, Martinique, Jamaica, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Guyana.




Teams






= Male

=
Queensgate Pigs Trotters RFC (Originally a police team)
Advance Fire & Plumbing Buccaneers RFC
John Doak Iguanas RFC
Fidelity Cayman Storm RFC
Other former teams include:

The Cayman Surge
ReMax Old Boys - Tarnished Turtles RFC




= Female

=
The Iguanas
Buccaneers
Trotters




References


Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1)
Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records. Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3




External links


Cayman Rugby
Cayman Islands on IRB.com
NAWIRA Cayman Islands page
Cayman Islands on RugbyData.com
Boost for Rugby 7's in the Americas & Caribbean
(in French) Archives du Rugby: Cayman Islands

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kepulauan Cayman
• Britania Raya
• Universitas Coventry
• Universitas Durham
• Rugby union in the Cayman Islands
• Cayman Islands national rugby union team
• Cayman Islands women's national rugby sevens team
• Cayman Islands women's national rugby union team
• Rugby union in the British Isles
• Cayman Islands national rugby sevens team
• List of Cayman Islands women's national rugby union team matches
• Cayman Islands
• Mexico national rugby union team
• List of international rugby union teams