Cara Cup Explained

Sport:	Rugby union
Founded:	2019
Teams:	5
Country:

The Cara Cup was an international club rugby union competition between the teams of the New England Free Jacks, of Major League Rugby, Connacht, Ulster, Munster, and Leinster, academy sides of Irish Pro14 teams.

History

On November 9, 2018, This Is American Rugby reported that the Irish Rugby Football Union and New England Free Jacks would be joining forces to bring a high-level rugby union completion to the New England region in the spring of 2019.^[1] For the inaugural competition, Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster featured their academy squads, and the Free Jacks featured up-and-coming professional players from both Ireland and the United States.

2019

Date	Opponent	Result	Home	Location	Notes
March 16, 2019	Connacht A	38–7			^[2]
March 20, 2019		21–44	Connacht A	Union Point Sports Complex	^[3]
March 24, 2019	Ulster A	43–15		Union Point Sports Complex	^[4]
April 6, 2019	Munster A	38–19		Irish Cultural Centre GAA Field	^[5]
April 10, 2019		49–53	Leinster A	Union Point Sports Complex	^[6]
April 14, 2019	Leinster A	55–12			^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Free Jacks To Host Irish Provincial 'A' Sides. Thisisamericanrugby.com. 23 November 2018.
2. Web site: Free Jacks Lose Cara Cup Opener to Connacht Eagles. 18 March 2019.
3. Web site: Connacht Eagles Exit Cara Cup 2-0 After Beating Ulster A. 21 March 2019.
4. Web site: Ulster Second Half Leads to Win over New England Free Jacks. 25 March 2019.
5. Web site: New England Free Jacks Competitive in Loss to Munster A. 6 April 2019.
6. Web site: Leinster a Edges Munster a in Cara Cup. 11 April 2019.
7. Web site: New England Free Jacks vs Leinster A: Cara Cup 2019. 14 April 2019.