2013 NACRA Rugby Championship

The 2013 NACRA Rugby Championship is a rugby union championship for Tier 3 North American and Caribbean teams, and took place between January and June, 2013.

The top four teams from the second round of 2012 NACRA Championship qualified for the second round of the 2013 championship, while the third place team from the north and south pools of the 2012 championship qualified for the final games of the first round.

The championship is split between north and south, with the winner of each division playing in a final game.

This was the first game in the NACRA Championship for Curaçao and Turks and Caicos Islands.^[1]

Round 1

Round 1a - North

	Semi-finals				Final
	Jan 19, 2013
	Turks and Caicos Islands	13
	Jamaica	31
					Feb 23, 2013
					Jamaica	12
					USA South	29
	Jan 19, 2013
	USA South	50
	Mexico	23

Winner qualifies for Round 1b - North

Semi-finals

	Jan 19, 2013	Turks and Caicos Islands	13 – 31	Jamaica	Meridian Field Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
	15:00	Try: Sean O'Neill, Penalty Try Pen: Jamie Tait	Report	Try: Renaldo Wade 2, Hubert Thomas 2, Dervon Balfour Con: Errick Groves 3	Referee: Ed Gardner

	Jan 19, 2013	USA South	50 – 23	Mexico	Life University, Marietta, USA
		Try: Lucas Baistrocchi, Clint Whitler, Derek Wolfe, Cathal Doyle, Kurt Swanner, Ben Winiarczyk, Bou-Mikael Saade, Amir Khan Con: Lucas Baistrocchi 5	Report	Try: Roberto Calderon, Rigel Galindo, Jesus Burgos Con: Christian Henning Pen: Christian Henning 2

Final

	Feb 23, 2013	Jamaica	12 – 29	USA South	Utech Field, Kingston, Jamaica
	15:00	Try: Hubert Thomas, Everton Richards Con: Everton Richards	Report	Try: Lucas Baistrocci 2, Amir Khan Con: Lucas Baistrocci Pen: Lucas Baistrocci 4	Referee: Alasdair Robertson

Round 1a - South

	Semi-finals				Final
	Jan 26, 2013
	Saint Lucia	35
	British Virgin Islands	41
					Feb 15, 2013
					British Virgin Islands	12
					Curaçao	39
	Jan 12, 2013
	Curaçao	37
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	24

Winner qualifies for Round 1b - South

Semi-final

	Jan 12, 2013	Curaçao	37 – 24	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	University of the Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad, Curaçao
	14:00	Try: Tjakko Brueur 3, Cris Tjon, Arlito Dos Pasos, Rob Perry Con: James Breinburg 2 Pen: James Breinburg	Report (Dutch) Report (NACRA)	Try: Phillip Alvis 2, Kevin Bailey, Anizo Lewis Con: Anizo Lewis 2	Attendance: 200 Referee: Piet Veldhuizen

	Jan 19, 2013	Saint Lucia	35 – 41	British Virgin Islands	Corinth Playing Field, Corinth, St Lucia
		Try: Uranus Dennis, Colvis Samuels, Akim Stewart, Jerry Charles Cyricaus Isidore Con: Colvis Samuels 2 Pen: Colvis Samuels 2	Report	Try: Andre Adams 3, Dustyn Molver 2, Tom Chapman Con: Dustyn Molver Pen: Dustyn Molver 3	Referee: Cliff Jones

Final^[2]

	Feb 15, 2013	British Virgin Islands	12 – 39	Curaçao	A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Road Town, British Virgin Islands
	18:00	Try: Jerome Springette, Dustyn Molver Con: Dustyn Molver	Report	Try: Vincent Piettersz 2, Curtleyson Martis, Sevan Ekker, One More Try Con: James Brienberg 4 Pen: James Brienberg 2	Referee: Tim Luscombe

Round 1b - North

The Bahamas hosted a game against the winner of Round 1a - North (USA South). The winner progressed to Round 2 - North to take on Bermuda and Cayman Islands.

	Apr 13, 2013	Bahamas	15 – 42	USA South	Nassau, The Bahamas

Round 1b - South

Barbados hosted game against the winner of Round 1a - South (Curaçao). The winner progressed to Round 2 - South to take on Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago.^[3]

	Apr 6, 2013	Barbados	41 – 3	Curaçao	Bridgetown, Barbados

Round 2

Round 2 was played in regional single round robin (2 games for each team). The top team from the North pool and South pool progressed to the NACRA Championship final.

Round 2 - North

	May 4, 2013	USA South	9 – 7	Cayman Islands	Life University, Atlanta, Georgia
		Pen: Lucas Baisrocchi 3		Try: Robbie Cribb Con: Robbie Cribb

	May 18, 2013	Bermuda	14 – 24	USA South	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
		Try: Mikey Williams, Jahan Cedenio Con: Andre Landy, Thomas Edwards	Report	Try: Derek Wolfe, Kirk Swanner, Ty Elkins Con: Lucas Baistrocchi 3 Pen: Lucas Baistrocchi

	June 1, 2013	Cayman Islands	20 – 14	Bermuda	Truman Bodden Sports Complex, George Town, Cayman Islands
	16:00	Try: Chris Bunce, Penalty Try Con: Morgan Haywood 2 Pen: Robbie Cribb 2	Cayman Rugby Report	Try: Tom Healy Pen: Tommy Edwards 3	Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Chris Henshall (USA)

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	USA South	2	2	0	0	33	21	+12	8
2	Cayman Islands	2	1	0	1	27	23	4	5
3	Bermuda	2	0	0	2	28	44	-16	2

Round 2 - South

	May 18, 2013	Guyana	19 – 17	Barbados	Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana
		Try: Claudius Butts, Avery Corbin 2 Con: Ryan Gonsalves 2	Report	Try: Shaun English 2, Christian Preece Con: Dwight Forde

	May 25, 2013	Barbados	6–19	Trinidad and Tobago	Garrison Savannah, Bridgetown, Barbados
	16:00	Pen: Leon Driscoll	Report	Try: James Phillip 2, Jamal Clark Con: Kelson Figaro 2	Referee: Marc Nelson (USA)

	June 1, 2013	Trinidad and Tobago	20 – 0	Guyana	UWI SPEC, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
	16:00	Try: Jessie Richards, Adam Frederick, Anthony Lopez Con: Kelson Figaro Pen: Kelson Figaro	Report		Referee: Pablo Septien (Mexico)

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	0	0	39	6	+35	8
2	Guyana	2	1	1	0	19	37	-18	5
3	Barbados	2	0	0	2	23	38	-15	2

Round 3

The winning team from Round 2 - North played off against the winning team from Round 2 South for the championship.

	June 22, 2013	Trinidad and Tobago	18 – 26	USA South	Fatima College, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
	15:00	Try: Joseph Quashie 2 (13', 46'), Wayne Kelly (36') Pen: Kelson Figaro (18')	Report 1 Report 2	Try: Jeff Reuther (26'), Amir Khan (40'), Chance Doyle (79') Con: Lucas Baistrocchi Pen: Lucas Baistrocchi 3 (15', 22', 56')

USA South is the winner of the 2013 NACRA Rugby Championship. Matt Upton presumably won the MVP.

Related Page

• NACRA Rugby Championship

External links

• Details

References