Rugby Americas North Championship

The Rugby Americas North Championship, known before the 2016 edition as the NACRA Rugby Championship, is a championship for Tier 3 members of Rugby Americas North in men's 15-a-side rugby union. The United States and Canada, the two tier 2 sides in the North American region, take part in the Rugby Americas Championship, the "Americas 6 Nations", instead but a team representing the United States South regional association, USA South do take part.

Rugby Americas North Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Rugby Americas North Championship
SportRugby union
Founded2001
No. of teams13
ContinentNorth America
Most recent
champion(s)
 Bermuda (8th)
Most titles Trinidad and Tobago (9)

The current format of the tournament contains both a geographical and divisional element with promotion and relegation. All the teams are split between the North and South. Within that geographical split, teams are then split into the Championship (higher division) and the Cup (lower division). The highest placed team in each Cup plays the bottom team in their respective Championship for promotion. As of 2017, the Southern region does not have a Cup division.

Finally, the winner of the North championship plays the winner of the South championship in the RAN Championship final to decide the winner of the overall tournament.[1]

Champions

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Champions by year:[2]

Year Winner Score Runner-up Refs
1966   Guyana round robin   Trinidad and Tobago
1967   Trinidad and Tobago round robin
1969   Jamaica round robin   Bahamas
1973   Trinidad and Tobago round robin
1975   Jamaica round robin   Barbados
1977   Bermuda round robin
1979   Bermuda round robin
1981   Bermuda round robin
1983   Trinidad and Tobago round robin
1985   Trinidad and Tobago round robin
1996   Bermuda 29–8   Trinidad and Tobago
1997   Trinidad and Tobago 31–14   Cayman Islands
1998   Bermuda round robin   Trinidad and Tobago
1999   Trinidad and Tobago
  Cayman Islands
round robin
2001   Trinidad and Tobago 23–12   Bermuda [3]
2005   Barbados 52–3   Bahamas [4]
2008   Trinidad and Tobago 40–24   Guyana [5]
2011   Bermuda 11–0   Guyana
2012   Bermuda 18–0   Guyana [6]
2013   USA South 26–18   Trinidad and Tobago
2014   Guyana 30–27   USA South [7]
2015   Trinidad and Tobago 30–16   Mexico [8][9]
2016   Mexico 32–3   Guyana
2017   USA South 23–19   Guyana
2018   USA South round robin   Cayman Islands [10]
2019   Bermuda 33–10   Guadeloupe [11]
2024

Notes

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  1. ^ "2014 NACRA Men - NACRA Rugby". www.nacrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14.
  2. ^ "Rugby Americas North Championship". RugbyArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2003 Rugby World Cup
  4. ^ valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2007 Rugby World Cup
  5. ^ valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2011 Rugby World Cup
  6. ^ valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2015 Rugby World Cup
  7. ^ "Results - NACRA Rugby". www.nacrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14.
  8. ^ "T & T claim 2015 Men's title with win over Mexico - NACRA Rugby". Archived from the original on 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
  9. ^ "World Rugby".
  10. ^ "Men's 15's". Rugby Americas North. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  11. ^ "MEN'S 15S". Rugby Americas North. Retrieved 9 April 2024.