USA South Teams, Mexico Strong At RAN
USA South Teams, Mexico Strong At RAN
Day Two of the Rugby Americas North U19 Championships was a good day for USA Rugby South.
The Women's 10-a-side team (that's the format used throughout RAN for women's U19s) beat St. Lucia 17-10, Curacao 62-0, and Trinidad & Tobago 45-0 to go 3-0. St. Lucia is perhaps the surprise of the tournament and went 2-1 on the day. Aside from USA South, no team was 3-0 on the day. Jamaica and Mexico went into the final game of Friday 2-0, but tied 12-12.
| Pool A | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| USA South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 10 | 114 | 9 |
| St. Lucia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 29 | 16 | 6 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 3 |
| Curacao | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 157 | -157 | 0 |
| Pool B | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Jamaica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 19 | 58 | 7 |
| Mexico | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 17 | 38 | 7 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 3 |
| Barbados | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 108 | -96 | 0 |
The men's U19 team is into the final as expected. The Panthers shut out a powerful Jamaica team 22-0 in the final pool game to take their pool, while Mexico shut out Cayman Islands 26-0 to win Pool B.
| Pool A | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 110 | 15 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 29 | 16 | 7 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 7 |
| Curacao | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 157 | -157 | 0 |
| Pool B | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| USA South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 5 | 79 | 13 |
| Bermuda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 28 | 16 | 8 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 43 | -17 | 4 |
| Barbados | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 83 | -78 | 0 |
That set up the semifinals with Mexico over Bermuda 17-0, and USA South over Trinidad & Tobago 18-5. USA South and Mexico will face off for the championship once again, on Sunday. Mexico is yet to give up a point in this tournament.
Also slated for Sunday:
3rd/4th Game: Trinidad & Tobago vs Bermuda
5th/6th Game: Cayman Islands vs Jamaica
7th/8th Game: Barbados vs Curacao
