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.
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 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia as well, participating in the Round 1 Americas tournament. The team defeated Jamaica 51-5 in their first match, and went on to win 12-8 over the Cayman Islands in their second game. Trinidad and Tobago then won their third match 23-12 over Bermuda to advance to Round 2. There the team was narrowly defeated 10-11 by Brazil, and then nil to 9 in the second match, and Trinidad and Tobago were knocked out of the tournament.
In 2005 Trinidad and Tobago participated in qualifying tournaments for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. They were grouped in the South of the pool of Round 1a along with Barbados, Guyana and Saint Lucia. Trinidad and Tobago won their first match 82-8 over Saint Lucia, though they lost to Barbados and Guyana, finishing third in the pool which ended their qualifying campaign.
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.
^Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN1-86200-013-1) p78
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trinidad, tobago, national, rugby, union, team, this, article, about, team, women, team, trinidad, tobago, women, national, rugby, union, team, thus, qualified, rugby, world, participated, qualifying, tournaments, since, 1999, they, classed, tier, three, natio. This article is about the men s team For the women s team see Trinidad and Tobago women s national rugby union team 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 Trinidad and TobagoNickname s The Calypso WarriorsUnionTrinidad amp Tobago Rugby Football UnionHead coachLarry MendesCaptainAdam FrederickFirst coloursWorld Rugby rankingCurrent52 as of 16 January 2023 Highest50 23 November 2020 First internationalTrinidad amp Tobago 8 42 Bermuda 1979 Biggest winSt Lucia 8 82 Trinidad amp Tobago 8 August 2005 Biggest defeatBermuda 78 5 Trinidad amp Tobago 17 May 1994 The national side is ranked 52nd in the world as of 16 January 2023 1 Contents 1 History 2 Results 2 1 World Cup 2 2 NACRA Rugby Americas North 2 3 Overall 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editTrinidad 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 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia as well participating in the Round 1 Americas tournament The team defeated Jamaica 51 5 in their first match and went on to win 12 8 over the Cayman Islands in their second game Trinidad and Tobago then won their third match 23 12 over Bermuda to advance to Round 2 There the team was narrowly defeated 10 11 by Brazil and then nil to 9 in the second match and Trinidad and Tobago were knocked out of the tournament In 2005 Trinidad and Tobago participated in qualifying tournaments for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France They were grouped in the South of the pool of Round 1a along with Barbados Guyana and Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago won their first match 82 8 over Saint Lucia though they lost to Barbados and Guyana finishing third in the pool which ended their qualifying campaign Trinidad and Tobago compete in the Caribbean Championship a tournament which includes Antigua Bermuda the Cayman Islands Jamaica the Bahamas British Virgin Islands and Guyana 2 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 2015 Trinidad and Tobago won the NACRA Rugby Championship defeating Mexico 30 16 in the final Results editWorld Cup edit 1987 Not invited 1991 1995 Did not enter 1999 2015 Did not qualify NACRA Rugby Americas North edit Champions in 1967 1973 1983 1985 1997 1999 co champions 2001 2008 2015 Overall edit 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 nbsp Bahamas 4 3 1 0 75 nbsp Barbados 15 12 2 1 80 nbsp Bermuda 9 4 5 0 44 44 nbsp Bahamas 10 8 2 0 80 nbsp Brazil 5 1 4 0 20 nbsp Cayman Islands 3 1 2 0 33 33 nbsp Chile 1 0 1 0 0 nbsp Guadeloupe 3 3 0 0 100 nbsp Guyana 22 11 9 2 50 nbsp Jamaica 14 11 2 1 78 57 nbsp Martinique 5 4 1 0 80 nbsp Mexico 1 1 0 0 100 nbsp Saint Lucia 1 1 0 0 100 nbsp USA Selects 1 0 1 0 0 nbsp USA South 2 1 1 0 50 nbsp Venezuela 3 3 0 0 100 Total 99 64 31 4 64 65 See also editRugby 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 teamReferences edit Men s Rankings World Rugby Bath Richard ed The Complete Book of Rugby Seven Oaks Ltd 1997 ISBN 1 86200 013 1 p78External links editTrinidad and Tobago on IRB com Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union Trinidad and Tobago on rugbydata com Report of Trinidad and Tobago Brazil Match Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Trinidad and Tobago national rugby union team amp oldid 1218923253, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
