Barbados national rugby union team

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Barbados
Shirt badge/Association crest
UnionBarbados Rugby Football Union
Head coachRomeo Mayers
CaptainStephen Millar
First
colours
United States 91 – 0 Barbados Barbados

(2006-01-07)

The Barbados national rugby union team represents Barbados at the sport of rugby union. Barbados has been playing international rugby union since the mid-1990s. They have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup. Barbados has also hosted the Caribbean Championship.

The national side is ranked 83rd in the world, as of 16 January 2023.[1]

History

Rugby union had a long history in Barbados, though there was originally only the one team, called the Barbados Rugby Union. In 1995 the union affiliated to the

International Rugby Board
(IRB).

Barbados made their international debut against the

Trinidad & Tobago
in 1999, losing nil to 15.

In 2001 they played the Bahamas again, defeating them 18 to 25, though they lost to Bermuda in their following fixture. In 2005 Barbados began their campaign to qualify for the

USA
. Barbados lost both of their games, exiting the World Cup qualifiers.

During the qualification for the 2011 World Cup, Barbados was eliminated after a heavy defeat by Trinidad and Tobago.

Current squad

Squad as current as 7 November 2015

Squad

  • Antonio Gibbons
  • Jeren Clarke
  • Kemar Holder – Edghill
  • Kevin Murrell
  • Raj Edwards
  • Enrique Oxley
  • Jermaine Bynoe
  • Stephen Millar (c)
  • Nico Blunt
  • Kevin Carter
  • Kevin Cobham
  • Troy Grant
  • Nicholas Jackman
  • Dario Stoute
  • Brandon Walcott
  

Substitutes

  • Runako Padmore
  • Kean Blackman
  • Daniel Ramsey
  • Romeo Mayers
  • Anquan Lynch
  • Romel Moore
  • Marlo Sandiford
  • Adon Rodgers

Past Players

Squad

  • Henderson Reid
  • Leandro Jordan
  • Dwight Ford
  • Benjamin Petit
  • Marlo Clarke
  • Liam Cooper-King
  • Phil Lucas
  • Dale Cumberbatch
  • Stephen Atwell

Record

Overall

Against Played Won Lost Drawn % Won
 Bahamas 3 2 1 0 66.67%
 Bermuda 5 0 5 0 0%
 British Virgin Islands 4 4 0 0 100%
 Canada 1 0 1 0 0%
 Curaçao 3 3 0 0 100%
 Cayman Islands 1 1 0 0 100%
 Guyana 7 1 6 0 14.29%
 Jamaica 2 0 2 0 0%
 Martinique 2 0 2 0 0%
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 100%
 Saint Lucia 2 2 0 0 100%
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 2 0 0 100%
 Trinidad and Tobago 10 1 9 0 10%
 
United States
 1 0 1 0 0%
Total 44 17 27 0 38.64%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Men's Rankings | World Rugby". Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

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