Rugby union in the Bahamas

Rugby union in the Bahamas
Country	Bahamas
Governing body	Rugby Bahamas
National team(s)	Bahamas
Registered players	977 [1]
Clubs	7

Rugby union in the Bahamas is a minor, but relatively successful sport. They are currently ranked 86th in the International Rugby Board's world rankings.^[2] There are fewer than one thousand registered athletes in the country and only seven official IRB sanctioned teams.^[3]

The governing body for rugby union in the Bahamas is Rugby Bahamas, founded in 1963 and their headquarters is located in Nassau.

History

The Bahamas compete in the Caribbean Championship, a tournament which includes Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, Martinique, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Guyana.^[4]

See also

• Bahamas national rugby union team
• Bahamas national rugby sevens team

External links

• Official Website for Rugby Bahamas
• NAWIRA Bahamas Page
• (in French) Archives du Rugby: Bahames

References

1. http://www.irb.com/unions/union=11000037/index.html ^{[dead link‍]}
2. Official IRB World Rankings Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
3. Official IRB statistics on Rugby Bahamas
4. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1) p78