2018 Rugby Americas North Championship

2018 Rugby Americas North Championship

Date	14 April - 7 July
Countries	Barbados  Bermuda  Cayman Islands  Curaçao  Dominican Republic  Guadeloupe  Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Website	www.rugbyamericasnorth.com
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The 2018 Rugby Americas North Championship, the 11th edition of the tournament, is a rugby union championship for Tier 3 North American and Caribbean teams.

Format

A significant restructuring of the tournament took place for the 2018 edition in order to accommodate the launch of the Americas Rugby Challenge. Unlike previous editions of the tournament, the teams will not be split geographically into north and south conferences, but will instead be combined into three tiered divisions: the Championship, the Cup, and the Trophy. Mexico and Guyana do not return to the RAN Championship as they are competing in the 2018 Americas Rugby Challenge. The lower placed of those two teams will enter a promotion/relegation playoff with the top team in the RAN Championship (excluding USA South) for a place in the 2019 Americas Rugby Challenge.^[1]

Championship

•  Bermuda (76)
• USA South (N/A)
•  Cayman Islands (53)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (52)

Cup

•  Jamaica (67)
•  Barbados (79)

Trophy

•  Curaçao (N/A)
•  Dominican Republic (N/A)
•  Guadeloupe (N/A)

pre-tournament World Rugby Rankings in parentheses.^[2]

Championship

While Trinidad and Tobago played two of their games, they were removed from tournament standings due to being unable to rearrange their fixture against Cayman Islands, scheduled for June 23, due to a lack of funding.

Standings

Rank	Team	Games				Points			Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Table Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	USA South	2	2	0	0	90	42	+48	2	0	10
2	Cayman Islands	2	1	0	1	34	61	-27	0	0	4
3	Bermuda	2	0	0	2	47	68	-21	1	1	2

Matches

	12 May 2018	Bermuda	28-48	USA South	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire
	15:00		WR Report RAN Report

	19 May 2018	Trinidad and Tobago	27-24	Bermuda	St. Anthony's College, Martin
	16:00

	9 June 2018	Cayman Islands	20-19	Bermuda

	16 June 2018	Trinidad and Tobago	34-33	USA South

	7 July 2018	USA South	42-14	Cayman Islands

Cup

Standings

Rank	Team	Games				Points			Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Table Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Jamaica	2	2	0	0	96	43	+53	2	0	10
2	Barbados	2	0	0	2	43	96	-53	0	1	1

Matches

	28 April 2018	Jamaica	60-14	Barbados

	12 May 2018	Barbados	29-36	Jamaica

Trophy

Standings

Rank	Team	Games				Points			Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Table Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Guadeloupe	2	1	0	1	44	24	+20	1	1	6
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	0	1	63	56	+7	1	0	5
3	Curaçao	2	1	0	1	24	51	-27	0	0	4

Matches

	14 April 2018	Curaçao	17-46	Dominican Republic

	12 May 2018	Guadeloupe	5-7	Curaçao

	9 June 2018	Dominican Republic	17-39	Guadeloupe

Promotion playoff

	TBD	Cayman Islands	v	Americas Rugby Challenge Team

References