Rugby union in the Cayman Islands
- Rugby union in the Cayman Islands
Rugby union in the Cayman Islands is a growing sport.
History
Although there has been interest in the game in the Cayman Islands for decades, it only became properly organised in 1972, when the Cayman Islands RFC was founded.[Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) "The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records". Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. ISBN 0-7126-0911-3] This team faced the challenge of having no rugby ball, pitch, and no clubhouse, for several years, and their nearest opponents were in Jamaica 600 miles away.][ In 1975, however, Jeff Butterfield, a former England player acquired the rights to a piece of pine forest, which was turned into their pitch.]Nowadays, the islands have their own men's team, and also a women's team, which was established in 2004. There is also a national Sevens team. A schools development programme is also now in force.[Retrieved 04 August 2008 [http://www.caymanrugby.com/ Cayman Rugby] ] ]Teams
Male
* Queensgate Pigs Trotters RFC (Originally a police team)
* BPC Buccaneers RFC
* Don Fosters Iguanas RFC
* The Cayman Storm RFC
* The Cayman Surge
* ReMax Old Boys - Tarnished Turtles RFCFemale
* The Iguanas
* Buccaneers
* TrottersReferences
External links
* [http://www.caymanrugby.com/ Cayman Rugby]
* [http://www.irb.com/en/Home/MemberUnionHomePage?UnionID=47 Cayman Islands] on IRB.com
* [http://rugbydata.com/caymanislands Cayman Islands] on RugbyData.com
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