2009 NAWIRA Women's Rugby Championship

2009 NAWIRA Women's Rugby Championship

Tournament details
Host	Barbados
Date	21 June 2009 (2009-06-21)– 27 June 2009 (2009-06-27)
Countries	Trinidad and Tobago  Cayman Islands  Barbados  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Trinidad and Tobago
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Tries scored	65 (10.83 per match)
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The 2009 NAWIRA Women's Rugby Championship was a 15 a-side championship that was hosted by the Barbados Rugby Union, it was held between June 21 and 27 at the Garrison Savannah, Bridgetown, Barbados.

According to NAWIRA competing teams were expected to be Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. However, Guyana - the favourites - withdrew a few weeks before the tournament citing financial difficulties, and Jamaica then withdrew on the eve of the event for similar reasons. The result was a very one-sided affair, with Trinidad retaining their title without conceding a point.

The tournament included test match debuts for both Barbados and St Vincent - and for both it was a painful introduction to the game. Barbados were blown away by the Caymans in their opening game - the visitors being "just too big and rough for [Barbados'] young inexperienced side"^[1] while their second game ended early due to injury.

St Vincent's debut was not different. In their opening game "the scrums went uncontested after about ten minutes as they just could not cope with the pressure. As it was they had some nasty injuries, so that made things even worse".^[1]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	0	0	216	0	+216	9
2	Cayman Islands	3	2	0	1	130	51	+79	7
3	Barbados	3	1	0	2	52	132	−80	5
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	0	3	0	215	−215	3

Results

	2009-06-21	Barbados	3 - 54[2]	Cayman Islands	Bridgetown, Barbados
		Pen: Karen Holmes		Try: Olive McDonagh (3) Jessica Lane (2) Lolita Hanna Karen Hart Lisa Bird Lisa Kehoe Rowena Lawrence (1) Con: Olive McDonagh (2)

	2009-06-21	Trinidad and Tobago	90 - 0[2]	St Vincent	Bridgetown, Barbados
		Try: Jenilee Limada (6) Kwanize John (5) Juliana Straker (2) Ebony Young Kalisha Del Potro Lee Hay (1) Con: Juliana Straker (3) Merlin Blackford (2)

	2009-06-24	Barbados	0 - 78[2]	Trinidad and Tobago	Bridgetown, Barbados
				Try: Kwanieze John (5) Juliana Straker (2) Merlin Blackford Dalia Jordan-Brown Kalisha Del Peche Abigail Roberts Jenilee Limada Ebony YoungJamila Garcia Con: Juliana Straker (2) Merlin Blackford (2)

	2009-06-24	Cayman Islands	76 - 0[2]	St Vincent	Bridgetown, Barbados
		Try: Karen Hart (3) Lolleta Hanna Lisa Kehoe (2) Olive McDonagh Jane Robson Cindy Blekaitis Joanne Ziegler Krista Pell Jessica Lane Latoya Bariffe Con: Lolleta Hanna (3)

	2009-06-27	Barbados	49-0[2]	St Vincent	Bridgetown, Barbados
		Try: Karen Holmes (4) Sophie Bannister (2) Danielle Phillips Cherice Hart Dara Watts Con: Karen Holmes (2)

	2009-06-27	Trinidad and Tobago	48-0[2]	Cayman Islands	Bridgetown, Barbados
		Try: Kaleisha Delpeche (2) Kwaneize John Tramaine Andrews Ebony Young Latoya Young Dalia Jordon Brown Abigail Roberts (1) Con: Julianna Straker (3) Merlin Blackford (1)

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