Saint Lucia national rugby union team explained

Country:Saint Lucia
Union:Saint Lucia Rugby Football Union
Nickname:The Lucians
Captain:Sergio Creggy
Coach:Joe O'Donnell
From:Warwickshire
Caps:74
Top Scorer:Tom Hotan (132)
Pattern La1:Blue
Pattern B1:white
Pattern Ra1:Green
Leftarm1:Whitetrim
Body1:Redsocks
Rightarm1:bluetrim
Shorts1:Blue
Socks1:White
First: 45- 25
(28 May 2005)
Bigwin: 45 - 25
(28 May 2005)
Bigloss: 97 - 0
(10 August 2005)

The Saint Lucia national rugby union team represents Saint Lucia in the sport of rugby union. Saint Lucia have thus far not played in a Rugby World Cup, but have participated in qualifying tournaments. They are classed as a tier-three nation by the International Rugby Board (IRB).

History

Saint Lucia played their first international friendly in 2008 against Dominican Republic which they lost 16-12 with tries coming from Tom Hotan and Andy Bucana. They won their first ever match in 3 years against Cayman Islands 33-0. They also got to the quarter-finals of the American Rugby Cup. They were knocked out by Brazil 25-3. They also got crushed 87-0 against Canada which they could not stop James Pritchard, Connor Braid and young Tyler Ardron. James Pritchard kicked 43 points. Also 20 year old Taylor Paris got the man of the match. They also lost 52-5 against Uruguay and Chile.

Record

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Saint Lucia national XV at test level up until 11 April 2015:

AgainstPlayedWonLostDrawn % Won
3 0 3 0 0%
3 1 2 0 %
3 1 2 0 %
2 0 2 0 0%
5 2 3 0 %
1 0 1 0 0%
Total 17 4 13 0 %

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