Bermuda national rugby union team

Bermuda national rugby union team
Shirt badge/Association crest
UnionBermuda Rugby Football Union
Head coachJamie Barnwell
CaptainTom Greenslade
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current71 (as of 4 November 2024)
Highest68 (23 November 2020)
First international
 Bermuda 16 - 10  Jamaica
(1975)
Biggest win
 Bermuda 78 - 5  Trinidad and Tobago
(17 May 1994)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 75 - 10  Bermuda
(21 May 2016)

The Bermuda national rugby union team represents Bermuda in the sport of rugby union. Bermuda are the current Caribbean Champions 2019 although they have thus far not played in a Rugby World Cup, but have participated in qualifying tournaments[citation needed].

History

Bermuda first played in qualifying tournaments for a Rugby World Cup in the Americas tournaments for the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. Bermuda were eliminated from North-Round 1, losing 3 points to 60 to the United States. Bermuda attempted to qualify for the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales as well, participating in Group 2 of Round 1 Americas qualifying, where they finished at the top of their pool after defeating both the Bahamas and Barbados, and advancing to Round 2. They defeated Trinidad and Tobago in their first match, but then lost to Chile, and finished second, ending their qualifying run.

Bermuda competes in the Caribbean Championship, a tournament which includes Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, and Guyana.[1]

They competed in the North group of the Round 1 of the Americas tournaments in qualifying for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. They were however knocked out by Trinidad and Tobago and did not advance to Round 2. They drew 10-all against Jamaica in the qualifying tournaments for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France but did not advance.

They would win the North group in the qualifying tournaments for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and defeat Guyana but in the next round were eliminated in Asuncion by Paraguay.

Record

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Bermuda national XV at test level up until 21 September 2019:

Against Played Won Lost Drawn % Won
 Bahamas 10 8 2 0 80%
 Barbados 4 4 0 0 100%
Canada Canada U21 1 0 1 0 0%
 Cayman Islands 10 4 6 0 40%
 Chile 1 0 1 0 0%
Florida Florida 1 1 0 0 100%
 Guadeloupe 3 3 0 0 100%
 Guyana 7 6 1 0 85.71%
 Jamaica 6 5 0 1 83.33%
 Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 100%
 Martinique 3 2 0 1 66.67%
 Mexico 3 1 2 0 33.33%
 Paraguay 1 0 1 0 0%
 Trinidad and Tobago 9 5 4 0 55.56%
 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 1 0 0 100%
 United States 1 0 1 0 0%
United States USA South 3 0 3 0 0%
Total 65 41 22 2 63.08%

Squad

Squad to 2012 NACRA Championship 23 June 2012 [2]

Squad

  • Paul Dobinson
  • Thomas Greenslade
  • Dustin Archibald
  • David Rourke
  • Dereck Hurdle
  • Andrew Hook
  • Henry Paddison
  • Peter Dunkerley (c)
  • Thomas Healey
  • Ian Henderson
  • Jack Ellison
  • Paull Davis
  • Tom Edwards
  • Neville Zuill
  • David Pringle
 

Substitutes

  • Jahan Cedenio
  • Mike Williams
  • Aldo Campbell
  • Tony Ward
  • Darren Richardson
  • Steven Husbands
  • Chris Naylor

Bermuda International Select XV Squad

Squad to face Saracens on May 31, 2013 as part of Saracens tour around Bermuda to promote Caribbean rugby.

Head Coach: England Lewis Moody

Player Position Union
George Chuter Hooker England England
Hanyani Shimange Hooker South Africa South Africa
Creag Johnston Prop Canada Canada
Owen Parfrey Prop Canada Canada
Nick Wallace Prop United States United States
Scott Dunham Lock Canada Canada
Aaron Flagg Lock Canada Canada
Graham Harriman Lock United States United States
Cam Pierce Lock Canada Canada
Derek Asbun Flanker United States United States
Pete Dunlop Flanker Bermuda Bermuda
Ben Green Flanker Bermuda Bermuda
Anton van Zyl Flanker South Africa South Africa
Simon Taylor Number 8 Scotland Scotland
Shaun Perry Scrum-half England England
Mike Petri Scrum-half United States United States
Andrew Ferguson Fly-half Canada Canada
Zachary Pangelinan Fly-half United States United States
Fuailefau Michael Suatia Centre Canada Canada
Patrick Parfrey Centre Canada Canada
Mike Scholz Centre Canada Canada
John Quigley Centre Bermuda Bermuda
Tony Ward Centre Bermuda Bermuda
Gcobani Bobo Wing South Africa South Africa
Dan Cole Wing Bermuda Bermuda
Geordan Murphy (c) Full-back Ireland Ireland

Match Day

31 May 2013
18:30 AST (UTC-4)
Bermuda Intl. Select XV Bermuda21 – 55England Saracens
Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: England Ian Tempest (England)

See also

References

  1. ^ Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1) p78
  2. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-04.