2009 NAWIRA Women's Rugby Championship

The 2009 NAWIRA Women's Rugby Championship was a 15 a-side championship that was hosted by the Barbados Rugby Union, it was held between June 21 and 27 at the Garrison Savannah, Bridgetown, Barbados.

2009 NAWIRA Women's Rugby Championship
Tournament details
Host Barbados
Date21 June 2009 (2009-06-21)
27 June 2009 (2009-06-27)
Countries Trinidad and Tobago
 Cayman Islands
 Barbados
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Tries scored65 (10.83 per match)
2008
2010

According to NAWIRA competing teams were expected to be Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. However, Guyana - the favourites - withdrew a few weeks before the tournament citing financial difficulties, and Jamaica then withdrew on the eve of the event for similar reasons. The result was a very one-sided affair, with Trinidad retaining their title without conceding a point.

The tournament included test match debuts for both Barbados and St Vincent - and for both it was a painful introduction to the game. Barbados were blown away by the Caymans in their opening game - the visitors being "just too big and rough for [Barbados'] young inexperienced side"[1] while their second game ended early due to injury.

St Vincent's debut was not different. In their opening game "the scrums went uncontested after about ten minutes as they just could not cope with the pressure. As it was they had some nasty injuries, so that made things even worse".[1]

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 0 0 216 0 +216 9
2   Cayman Islands 3 2 0 1 130 51 +79 7
3   Barbados 3 1 0 2 52 132 −80 5
4   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 0 0 3 0 215 −215 3
Source: [2]

Results

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2009-06-21 Barbados   3 - 54[2]   Cayman Islands Bridgetown, Barbados  
Pen: Karen Holmes Try: Olive McDonagh (3)
Jessica Lane (2)
Lolita Hanna
Karen Hart
Lisa Bird
Lisa Kehoe
Rowena Lawrence (1)
Con: Olive McDonagh (2)


2009-06-21 Trinidad and Tobago   90 - 0[2]   St Vincent Bridgetown, Barbados  
Try: Jenilee Limada (6)
Kwanize John (5)
Juliana Straker (2)
Ebony Young
Kalisha Del Potro
Lee Hay (1)
Con: Juliana Straker (3)
Merlin Blackford (2)


2009-06-24 Barbados   0 - 78[2]   Trinidad and Tobago Bridgetown, Barbados  
Try: Kwanieze John (5)
Juliana Straker (2)
Merlin Blackford
Dalia Jordan-Brown
Kalisha Del Peche
Abigail Roberts
Jenilee Limada
Ebony YoungJamila Garcia
Con: Juliana Straker (2)
Merlin Blackford (2)


2009-06-24 Cayman Islands   76 - 0[2]   St Vincent Bridgetown, Barbados  
Try: Karen Hart (3)
Lolleta Hanna
Lisa Kehoe (2)
Olive McDonagh
Jane Robson
Cindy Blekaitis
Joanne Ziegler
Krista Pell
Jessica Lane
Latoya Bariffe
Con: Lolleta Hanna (3)


2009-06-27 Barbados   49-0[2]   St Vincent Bridgetown, Barbados  
Try: Karen Holmes (4)
Sophie Bannister (2)
Danielle Phillips
Cherice Hart
Dara Watts
Con: Karen Holmes (2)


2009-06-27 Trinidad and Tobago   48-0[2]   Cayman Islands Bridgetown, Barbados  
Try: Kaleisha Delpeche (2)
Kwaneize John
Tramaine Andrews
Ebony Young
Latoya Young
Dalia Jordon Brown
Abigail Roberts (1)
Con: Julianna Straker (3)
Merlin Blackford (1)

References

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  1. ^ a b Report from Robert Showon, Barbadian RFU
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Women's Caribbean Championships". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 2022-12-08.