The Barbados national rugby union team represents Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

 at the sport of rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

. Barbados has been playing international rugby union since the mid 1990s. They have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup

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. Barbados has also hosted the Caribbean Championship.

History

Rugby union had a long history in Barbados, though there was originally only the one team, called the Barbados Rugby Union. In 1995 the union affiliated to the International Rugby Board

International Rugby Board

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 (IRB).

Barbados made their international debut against the British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands national rugby union team

The British Virgin Islands national rugby union team represents the British Virgin Islands in international rugby union. The nation are a member of the International Rugby Board and have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament...

 in 1996. Barbados won the match 10 to nil. They played three games the following year; losing to the Bahamas

Bahamas national rugby union team

The Bahamas national rugby union team represent the Bahamas in the sport of rugby union. The team have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have participated in qualifying tournament. The nation is classified as tier three by the International Rugby Board .-History:The Bahamas made...

, Bermuda

Bermuda national rugby union team

The Bermuda national rugby union team represents Bermuda in the sport of rugby union. Bermuda have thus far not played in a Rugby World Cup, but have participated in qualifying tournaments.-History:...

 and Martinique

Martinique national rugby union team

The Martinique national rugby union team represents Martinique at the sport of rugby. Martinique has been playing international rugby since 1991 but has never qualified for a Rugby World Cup....

. They played Trinidad & Tobago in 1999, losing nil to 15.

In 2001 they played the Bahamas again, defeating them 18 to 25, though they lost to Bermuda in their following fixture. In 2005 Barbados began their campaign to qualify for the 2007 Rugby World Cup

2007 Rugby World Cup

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 in France, in the Round 1a of the Americas group. Competing in the South Pool, and won all three of their fixtures, defeating Guyana

Guyana national rugby union team

The Guyana national rugby union team represents Guyana in the sport of rugby union. They have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have participated in qualifying tournaments.-History:...

, Trinidad and Tobago and St Lucia. Barbados finished at the top of their pool, sending them into a play-off match against the winner of the South Pool, the Bahamas. Played in Trinidad

Trinidad

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, Barbados defeated the Bahamas 52 to three. This sent them through to Round 3b, where they would play in a pool with Canada

Canada national rugby union team

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 and the USA

United States national rugby union team

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. Barbados lost both of their games, exiting the World Cup qualifiers.

During the qualification for the 2011 World Cup

2011 Rugby World Cup

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, Barbados were eliminated after a heavy defeat by Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago national rugby union team

The Trinidad and Tobago national rugby union team represents Trinidad and Tobago in the sport of rugby union. Trinidad and Tobago have thus far not qualified for the Rugby World Cup finals, but have participated in qualifying tournaments since 1999...

.

Current squad

• Antonio Gibbons (Tridents)
• Ben Marshall (Nottingham, England)
• Ben Petit (Brunell University, England)
• Deniston Shepard (Scorpions)
• Greg Moseley (Renegades)
• Johnathon Goddard (Tridents)
• Johnny Millar (Tridents)
• Kenneth Payne (Renegades)
• Leroy Barrow (Scorpions)
• Kurt Johnson (Coventry, England)
• Liam Cooper-King (Wasps, England)
• Matt Anstead (Bracknell, England)
• Omar Bynoe (Tridents)
• Paul DeMunick (Scorpions)
• Phil Lucas (Edinburgh University RFC
  Edinburgh University RFC
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  , Scotland)
• Raj Edwards (Scorpions)
• Ramon Gibson (Barbados Defence Force)
• Robert Mayers (Old Blues)
• Romeo Mayers (Tridents)
• Sean Ward (Scorpions)
• Stephen Millar (Leicester Forest, England)
• Stu Copeland (Scorpions)
• Troy Grant (Tridents)

External links

• Rugby Barbados
• Barbados Rugby Football Union (BRFU)
• Barbados on IRB
  International Rugby Board
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  .com
• Barbados on rugbydata.com