2019 Rugby Americas North Championship

This is the second edition of the tournament since the launch of the Americas Rugby Challenge, and the second consecutive year with major structural changes.

With Cayman Islands winning promotion to the Americas Rugby Challenge, and Trinidad and Tobago electing not to participate, the Championship division of both the north and south zones have been reduced to single matches, followed by a championship play-off, the winner of which will play the lower ranked North American team of the 2019 Americas Rugby Challenge for promotion. The lower Cup divisions of each zone will consist of three teams each playing in a single round robin. Also, multiple North American teams are scheduled to play one-off tests and warm-up matches for the Americas Rugby Challenge.

Also, there is no promotion and relegation between divisions planned for this year, as the 2020 edition of the tournament is expected to be part of qualification for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, and will only involve full members of World Rugby.^[2]

The following teams are scheduled to take part in the 2019 tournament. World Rankings are taken from the start of each division.^[3]

North Zone

Championship

•  Bermuda (73)
•  Jamaica (64)

Cup

•  British Virgin Islands (N/A)
•  Dominican Republic (N/A)
•  Turks and Caicos Islands (N/A)

South Zone

Championship

•  Guadeloupe (N/A)
•  Guyana (59)

Cup

•  Barbados (81)
•  Curaçao (N/A)
•  Martinique (N/A)

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

This match was originally scheduled to be the promotion playoff after the 2018 Rugby Americas North Championship, but was reworked to be the 2019 championship proper after Cayman Islands were promoted out of the competition to the Americas Rugby Challenge.

	9 March 2019	Bermuda	43 - 14	Jamaica	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire
		Try: Healy 10', 50', 58' Baum 13' Brown 20' McGlynn 29', 45' Con: Archibald (4/7) 21', 46', 51', 59' Cards: McGlynn 33' to 43' Richardson 40' to 50'	WR Report	Try: Smith 35' Annakie 42' Con: Jarvis (2/2) 36', 42'	Attendance: 500

Rank	Team	Games				Points			Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Table Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Turks and Caicos Islands	2	2	0	0	55	32	+23	2	0	10
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	0	1	35	24	+11	1	1	6
3	British Virgin Islands	2	0	0	2	12	46	-34	0	0	0

	13 April 2019	Turks and Caicos Islands	24 - 20	Dominican Republic	Meridian Field, Providenciales
	16:00 (UTC-4)	Try: Outten 18' Simmons 65' Chery 73' Mompremier 79' Con: Butler (2/4) 19', 79' Pen: Butler (0/1)	WR Report	Try: Arlas 23' Mario Picrado 31' Carpio 53' David Alvarez 69' Con: Tavarez (0/4) Cards: Jimenez 47' to 57'	Attendance: 100

	4 May 2019	British Virgin Islands	12 - 31	Turks and Caicos Islands	A.O. Shirley Stadium, Road Town
	TBC	Try: Maxwell 62' Oliver 78' Con: Parsons (1/2) 63' Cards: Cullen  58' Thornton  67' Elton-Pena  74'	Report	Try: Butler 40' Simmons 49' Dorvil 65' Mompremier 70' Williams 80' Con: Butler (3/4) 40', 49', 66' Mompremier(0/1) Pen: Butler (0/1) Cards: Jones  74'	Attendance: 150

	14 September 2019	Dominican Republic	15-0	British Virgin Islands	Centro Olimpico, Santo Domingo
		Try: Abreu 46' Paulino 71' Portes 79'	Report		Attendance: 200

	27 April 2019	Guyana	5 - 19	Guadeloupe	National Rugby Park Field, Georgetown
		Try: Charles 72' Con: Adonis (0/1) Cards: Staglon  29'	Report	Try: Brun 33' Jung 37' Delabroy 62' Con: Berthomieu (2/3) 33', 37' Pen: Berthomieu (0/3)	Attendance: 300

Rank	Team	Games				Points			Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Table Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Martinique	2	2	0	0	82	19	+63	2	0	10
2	Barbados	2	1	0	1	74	50	+24	1	0	5
3	Curaçao	2	0	0	2	7	94	-87	0	0	0

	16 March 2019	Martinique	43 - 19	Barbados	Stade Armand Ribier, Le Diamant
	18:45	Try: Thomas 1', 14', 16' Guillot 8' Morellato 24' Eguienta 51' Courcier 64', 75' Con: Guillot (0/1) Courcier (0/7) Pen: Courcier (1/1) 28'	WR Report	Try: Oxley 34' Penalty try 57' Murrell 79' Con: Carter (1/1) 35' Oxley (0/1)	Attendance: 420

	23 March 2019	Martinique	39 - 0	Curaçao	Stade Armand Ribier, Le Diamant
	18:45	Try: Thomas 24' Cano 54' Resouf 64' Boulogne 74' Carel 80' Con: Courcier (1/1) 24' Laclau Lacrouts (2/4) 54', 74' Pen: Courcier (0/2) Laclau Lacrouts (1/1) 51'	WR Report	Cards: Barrevoet 78' to 80'	Attendance: 485

	6 April 2019	Barbados	55 - 7	Curaçao	Garrison Savannah, Bridgetown
		Try: Oxley 22', 73', 80' Walcott 32' Blunt 38' Phillips 54' Ward 63', 78', 79' Con: Carter (5/8) 33', 39', 54', 64', 78' Oxley (0/1) Pen: Carter (0/1)	WR Report	Try: Willemsen 76' Con: Van Balkom 76' Pen: Uitvlugt (0/2) Cards: Ignesia Maria 25' to 35'	Attendance: 50