Rugby Americas North Women's Sevens


The Rugby Americas North Women's Sevens, or RAN Women's Sevens, is the regional championship for women's international rugby sevens in North America and the Caribbean. The tournament is held over two days, typically on a weekend in November. It is sanctioned and sponsored by Rugby Americas North, which is the rugby union governing body for the region. Prior to 2016, it was referred to as the North America and Caribbean Women's Sevens.
Rugby sevens — also known as 7-a-side, or 7s — is a short form of the sport of rugby union that was first played in 1883. The first internationals took place in 1973. As women's rugby union developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in most parts of the world.
However, although the first women's international rugby union 15-a-side test match took place in 1982, it was not until 1997 before the first women's international 7s tournaments were played, when the 1997 Hong Kong Sevens included a women's tournament for the first time. Over the next decade the number of tournaments grew, with almost every region developing regular championship competitions. This reached its zenith with 2009's inaugural women's tournament for the Rugby World Cup Sevens, shortly followed by the announcement that women's rugby sevens will be included in the Olympics from 2016.
The first official regional 7s championship for international women's teams from North America and the Caribbean was held in Barbados in 2005. The tournament was run by the North America and West Indies Rugby Association, which later became the North America Caribbean Rugby Association before adopting its current name of Rugby Americas North in 2016. The regional 7s championships have periodically served as pre-qualifying competitions for the Rugby 7s World Cup, or other sevens tournaments.
The following are details of all regional women's international championships played in North America and the Caribbean, listed chronologically with the earliest first, with all result details, where known.

Honours

NAWIRA Tournament 2005

Venue/Date: 19–20 November 2005, Barbados Summarised
POOL A
NationWonDrawnLostForAgainst
USA6002505
Trinidad and Tobago50112756
Jamaica40211959
Guyana3036170
St Vincent20462105
St Lucia10522129
Barbados00610227


  • Guyana 12-10 St Vincent
  • St Lucia 15-5 Barbados
  • Jamaica 17-0 St Vincent
  • USA 36-0 Trinidad and Tobago
  • Guyana 29-0 Barbados
  • St Vincent 10-7 St Lucia
  • Jamaica 10-0 Guyana


  • Trinidad and Tobago 46-0 Barbados
  • USA 46-0 St Lucia
  • Trinidad and Tobago 19-10 Jamaica
  • USA 38-0 Guyana
  • Jamaica 29-0 St Lucia
  • St Vincent 37-5 Barbados
  • Trinidad and Tobago 12-5 Guyana


  • USA 38-0 St Vincent
  • Jamaica 48-0 Barbados
  • Trinidad and Tobago 24-0 St Lucia
  • USA 52-0 Barbados
  • Guyana 15-0 St Lucia
  • Trinidad and Tobago 26-5 St Vincent
  • USA 40-5 Jamaica

Special Exhibition Match

USA 29-0 West Indies

NAWIRA Tournament 2006

Date/Venue: 11–12 November 2006, Garrison Savannah, Barbados. '

Day 1 Match Schedule
  • USA Development Eagles 22-0 Jamaica
  • Trinidad & Tobago 14-5 Guyana
  • Barbados 0-41 USA Development Eagles
  • Barbados 0-34 Jamaica
  • USA Development 19-0 Guyana
  • Trinidad & Tobago 25-0 Saint Lucia
  • Barbados 0-34 Guyana
  • USA Development Eagles 41-0 Saint Lucia


Day 2 Match Schedule'''
  • Guyana 0-0 Jamaica
  • Barbados 0-42 Trinidad & Tobago
  • Jamaica 34-0 Saint Lucia
  • USA Development Eagles 24-0 Trinidad & Tobago
  • Barbados 5-25 Saint Lucia
  • Guyana 36-0 Saint Lucia
  • Jamaica 26-5 Trinidad & Tobago

There were no extra classification games
NationWonDrawnLostForAgainst
USA Development Eagle5001470
Jamaica3119427
Trinidad & Tobago3028055
Guyana2124167
St Lucia10425141
Barbados0055176

NAWIRA Tournament 2007

Date/Venue: 17–18 November 2007, at Winton Rugby Centre, Nassau, Bahamas.
Participants: USA Developing Eagles, Canada Development, Guyana, and Jamaica. Trinidad & Tobago were a late withdrawal. ' Summarised'''

Matches


Day 1 Match Schedule
  • USA Dev Eagles 12-0 Jamaica
  • USA Dev Eagles 7-5 Guyana
  • Canada 22-0 Jamaica
  • Guyana 10-24 Canada
  • Guyana 0-10 Jamaica
  • USA Dev Eagles 7-17 Canada


Day 2 Match Schedule
  • Canada 21-0 Jamaica
  • USA Dev Eagles 24-0 Guyana
  • USA Dev Eagles 12-0 Jamaica
  • Guyana 0-38 Canada
  • USA Dev Eagles 15-19 Canada
  • Guyana 0-12 Jamaica

There were no extra classification games
NationWonDrawnLostForAgainst
Canada60014132
USA Dev Eagles4027741
Jamaica2042267
Guyana00615115

NAWIRA World Cup Qualifier 2008

Venue/Date: Nassau, Bahamas, 25–26 October 2008. World Cup qualifiers, two to qualify for Dubai.
Originally there were three groups of three but due to the very late withdrawal of St Vincent and the Grenadines it became two groups of four.

Group Stages


POOL A
NationWonDrawnLostForAgainst
USA3001420
Trinidad & Tobago2014152
Guyana1024157
Bermuda0037122

  • USA 45-0 Bermuda
  • Trinidad & Tobago 5-0 Guyana
  • Guyana 41-7 Bermuda
  • USA 52-0 Trinidad & Tobago
  • USA 45-0 Guyana
  • Trinidad & Tobago 36-0 Bermuda


POOL B
NationWonDrawnLostForAgainst
Canada3001390
Jamaica2018729
Barbados10210101
Cayman Islands0035111

  • Jamaica 39-0 Barbados
  • Canada 53-0 Cayman Islands
  • Jamaica 48-0 Cayman Islands
  • Canada 57-0 Barbados
  • Canada 29-0 Jamaica
  • Barbados 10-5 Cayman Islands

Classification Stages


Quarter Finals
  • USA 67-0 Cayman Islands
  • Jamaica 0-12 Guyana
  • Barbados 0-34 Trinidad & Tobago
  • Bermuda 0-34 Canada
Bowl Semi Finals
  • Jamaica 34-0 Cayman Islands
  • Barbados 10-10 Bermuda


Shield Final
  • Cayman Islands 10-5 Barbados
Bowl Final
  • Jamaica 53-0 Bermuda
Cup Semi Finals
  • USA 59-0 Guyana
  • Canada 41-0 Trinidad & Tobago
Plate Final
  • Guyana 15-5 Trinidad & Tobago
Cup Final
  • USA 14-14 Canada

NACRA Tournament 2009

Date/Venue: November 14–15, Mexico City, Mexico. Guyana, St Lucia, Cayman, Mexico and Bahamas took part.

Day 1 Match Schedule
  • Mexico 12-5 Cayman Islands
  • Guyana 17-10 Saint Lucia
  • Guyana 24-0 Cayman Islands
  • Saint Lucia 22-0 Bahamas
  • Mexico 5-12 Saint Lucia
  • Guyana 45-0 Bahamas
  • Mexico 12-17 Bahamas
  • Saint Lucia 15-0 Cayman Islands
  • Cayman Islands 22-12 Bahamas
  • Mexico 5-33 Guyana


Day 2 Match Schedule
  • Mexico 12-12 Saint Lucia
  • Guyana 47-0 Bahamas
  • Mexico 0-27 Guyana
  • Cayman Islands 10-5 Bahamas
  • Mexico 27-7 Bahamas
  • Saint Lucia 19-5 Cayman Islands
  • Saint Lucia v Bahamas
  • Guyana 26-0 Cayman Islands
  • Mexico 19-12 Cayman Islands
  • Guyana 19-0 Saint Lucia

There were no extra classification games
NationWonDrawnLostForAgainst
Guyana80025015
St Lucia4129058
Mexico314102136
Cayman Islands20656122
Bahamas10641194

NACRA Sevens Championship 2010

26–27 July 2010, at Georgetown, Guyana

Pool stage
  • Cayman 7-10 Mexico
  • Trinidad & Tobago 5-5 Jamaica
  • Guyana 46-0 Mexico
  • Cayman 0-36 Jamaica
  • Trinidad & Tobago 27-0 St Lucia
  • Guyana 0-0 Jamaica
  • Cayman 0-12 St Lucia
  • Trinidad & Tobago 31-7 Mexico
  • Guyana 10-0 St Lucia
  • Guyana 46-0 Cayman
  • St Lucia 10-0 Mexico
  • Cayman 0-43 Trinidad & Tobago
  • Mexico 12- 19 Jamaica
  • Guyana 12-0 Trinidad & Tobago
  • St Lucia 0 15 Jamaica


Seedings After Round Robin Tournament:
1st Seed, Guyana, 14 pts
2nd Seed, Jamaica, 13 pts
3rd Seed, Trinidad & Tobago, 12 pts
4th Seed, St Lucia, 9 pts
5th Seed, Mexico, 7 pts
6th Seed, Cayman, 5 pts
Semi-finals
  • Jamaica 7-12 Trinidad & Tobago
  • Guyana 21-0 St Lucia
5th place
  • Mexico 26-5 Cayman
3rd place
  • Jamaica 22-0 St Lucia
Final
  • Guyana 14-12 Trinidad & Tobago

NACRA Sevens Championship 2011

12–13 November 2011, at Bridgetown, Barbados

Pool A
NationWonDrawnLostForAgainst
USA South4007414
Guyana2115619
St Lucia2112724
Mexico103529
Barbados004076

  • Guyana 5-0 Mexico
  • St Lucia 7-19 USA South
  • Mexico 0-19 USA South
  • St Lucia 10-0 Barbados
  • Guyana 7-14 USA South
  • Mexico 5-0 Barbados
  • USA South 22-0 Barbados
  • Guyana 5-5 St Lucia
  • Guyana 39-0 Barbados
  • St Lucia 5-0 Mexico


Pool B
NationWonDrawnLostForAgainst
Maple Leafs4001765
Trinidad & Tobago30110126
Jamaica3016227
Cayman Islands1032294
Gudaloupe1037107
St Vincent00410109

  • Trinidad & Tobago 50-0 St Vincent
  • Jamaica 15-0 Guadeloupe
  • Maple Leafs 52-0 Guadeloupe
  • Cayman 22-5 St Vincent
  • Trinidad & Tobago 12-0 Cayman
  • Jamaica 0-38 Maple Leafs
  • Trinidad & Tobago 5-26 Maple Leafs
  • Jamaica 17-0 Cayman
  • Jamaica 30-0 St Vincent
  • Trinidad & Tobago 34-0 Guadeloupe
  • Cayman 0-60 Maple Leafs
  • St Vincent 5-7 Guadeloupe

Classification Stages


9th/11th Ranking Round-robin
NationWonDrawnLostForAgainst
Guadeloupe1101915
Barbados1012214
St Vincent011517

  • Barbados 12-0 St Vincent
  • Guadeloupe 5-5 St Vincent
  • Barbados 10-14 Guadeloupe
Cup Quarter Finals
  • USA South 31 - 0 Cayman Islands
  • Maple Leafs 26 - 0 Mexico
  • Jamaica 15 - 10 Guyana '
  • Trinidad & Tobago 5 - 0 St Lucia


Plate semi-finals
  • Cayman 5-10 Guyana
  • Mexico 5-10 St Lucia
7th/8th Place Playoff
  • Mexico 27-10 Cayman
Plate final
  • Guyana 26-0 St Lucia
Cup semi-finals
  • USA South 5-26 Jamaica
  • Maple Leafs 17-0 Trinidad & Tobago
3rd/4th Playoff
  • Trinidad & Tobago 14-10 USA South
Final'''
  • Jamaica 0-38 Maple Leafs

NACRA World Cup Qualifier 2012

Venue/Date: Ottawa, Canada, 25–26 August 2012. World Cup qualifiers, winner to qualify for Dubai.
Originally six teams entered but the late withdrawal of Guyana resulted in a redraw and a single pool.

Pool Stages
  • Canada 62-0 Mexico
  • Jamaica 17-0 Cayman Islands
  • Canada 50-0 Cayman Islands
  • Jamaica 19-7 Trinidad & Tobago
  • Canada 45-0 Jamaica
  • Trinidad & Tobago 25-12 Mexico
  • Canada 39-0 Trinidad & Tobago
  • Mexico 35-0 Cayman Islands
  • Jamaica 24-0 Mexico
  • Trinidad & Tobago 36-0 Cayman Islands


NationWonDrawnLostForAgainst
Canada4001960
Jamaica3016052
Trinidad & Tobago2026870
Mexico10346111
Cayman Islands0040137

Semi-finals
  • Trinidad & Tobago 22 - 5 Jamaica
  • Canada 42 - 0 Mexico
FINAL
  • Canada 46 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago