Trinidad and Tobago national rugby union team
Nickname(s) | The Calypso Warriors | |
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Union | Trinidad & Tobago Rugby Football Union | |
Head coach | Larry Mendes | |
Captain | Adam Frederick | |
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Biggest defeat | ||
Bermuda 78 - 5 Trinidad & Tobago (17 May 1994) |
The Trinidad and Tobago national rugby union team has thus far not qualified for the Rugby World Cup, but has participated in qualifying tournaments since 1999. They are classed as a tier-three nation by World Rugby.
The national side is ranked 52nd in the world, as of 16 January 2023.[1]
History
Trinidad and Tobago played their first ever rugby international in 1979 in Georgetown against Bermuda. Trinidad and Tobago lost the contest 8 points to 42. Trinidad and Tobago attempted to qualify for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales. Their first match of the Americas qualifying tournament was a one-off Round 1 match against Brazil in Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago won the game 41 points to nil and advanced to Round 2, where they faced Chile and Bermuda in a pool series. Trinidad and Tobago lost their first match 6-35 against Chile, and lost their second against Bermuda 52-6, and were knocked out of the qualifying tournaments.
The team were involved in qualifying tournaments for the
In 2005 Trinidad and Tobago participated in
Trinidad and Tobago compete in the
Trinidad and Tobago win in the Caribbean Cup made them advance to the next round of the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualification, where they had to face Brazil. The "Calypso Warriors" faced the notorious improvement of their South Americans counterparts and they lost both games, 31-8 at home and 24-12 away, ending their hopes to qualify again.
In
Results
World Cup
- 1987 - Not invited
- 1991 - 1995 - Did not enter
- 1999 - 2015 - Did not qualify
NACRA / Rugby Americas North
- Champions in 1967, 1973, 1983, 1985, 1997, 1999 (co-champions), 2001, 2008, 2015.
Overall
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Trinidad and Tobago national XV at test level up until 16 June 2018:
Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
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Bahamas | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
Barbados | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 80% |
Bermuda | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% |
Bahamas | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80% |
Brazil | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20% |
Cayman Islands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% |
Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Guadeloupe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Guyana | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 50% |
Jamaica | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 78.57% |
Martinique | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% |
Mexico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Saint Lucia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
USA Selects |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
USA South |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Venezuela | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Total | 99 | 64 | 31 | 4 | 64.65% |
See also
- Rugby union in Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union
- Trinidad and Tobago national rugby sevens team
- Trinidad and Tobago women's national rugby union team
References
- ^ "Men's Rankings | World Rugby".
- ISBN 1-86200-013-1) p78
External links
- Trinidad and Tobago on IRB.com
- Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union
- Trinidad and Tobago on rugbydata.com
- Report of Trinidad and Tobago - Brazil Match