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Jamaica
Nickname	Jamaica Crocs
Union	Jamaica Rugby Football Union
Head coach	Huntley Anderson
	First colours
	First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	67 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
	Jamaica 6-3 Trinidad and Tobago ; (27 November 1960)
Biggest win
	Jamaica 48-0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ; (5 March 2016)
Biggest defeat
	Jamaica 5-69 Trinidad and Tobago ; (12 October 1998)
World Cup
Appearances	0

The Jamaica national rugby union team represents Jamaica in the sport of rugby union. The team has thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup but has participated in qualifying tournaments.

The national side is ranked 67th in the world (as of 29 July 2019).^[1]

History

Jamaica played their first rugby international in 1960 losing 3-6 in a match with Trinidad and Tobago.

Jamaica competes in the Caribbean Championship, a tournament which includes Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, and Guyana.^[2]

Jamaica took part in qualifying for the 2003 Rugby World Cup. They were knocked out of Round 1 (North) of the Americas tournaments by Trinidad and Tobago, losing 51 to 5.

They attempted to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in June/July 2005. Jamaica drew their first game 10-all against Bermuda, but lost the second match against the Cayman Islands 8-18. They won their last game 5-3 over the Bahamas, and finished third in the group.

Jamaica entered the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifyings, but lost to Guyana by 10-3, and were once again knocked out of the competition.

Record

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Jamaica national XV at test level up until 9 March 2019:

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Won
Bahamas	9	5	3	1	55.56%
Barbados	6	4	2	0	66.67%
Bermuda	6	1	4	1	16.67%
Cayman Islands	11	2	9	0	18.18%
Guyana	12	4	6	2	33.33%
Martinique	1	1	0	0	100%
Mexico	2	0	2	0	0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	1	0	0	100%
Trinidad and Tobago	14	2	11	1	14.29%
Turks and Caicos Islands	2	2	0	0	100%
USA Rugby South	1	0	1	0	0%
USA XV	2	0	2	0	0%
Total	67	22	40	5	32.84%

World Cup record

1987 - Did not qualify
1991 - 1999 - Did not qualify
2003 - 2015 - Did not qualify
2019 - Did not qualify
2023 - Did not qualify

References

^ "Men's Rankings | World Rugby". Archived from the original on 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
^ Bath, Richard, ed. (1997). Complete Book of Rugby. Seven Oaks Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 1-86200-013-1.