Rugby Americas North Championship

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Rugby Americas North Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2025 Rugby Americas North Championship
SportRugby union
Founded2001
No. of teams13
ContinentNorth America
Most recent
champion		 Mexico (2nd)
Most titles Bermuda (10)

The Rugby Americas North Championship, known before the 2016 edition as the NACRA Rugby Championship, is a championship for Tier 3 members of Rugby Americas North in men's 15-a-side rugby union. The United States and Canada, the two tier 2 sides in the North American region, take part in the Rugby Americas Championship, the "Americas 6 Nations", instead but a team representing the United States South regional association, USA South do take part.

Historically, the format of the tournament contained both a geographical and divisional element with promotion and relegation. All teams were split between North and South. Within that geographical split, teams were then split into the Championship (higher division) and the Cup (lower division). The highest placed team in each Cup played the bottom team in their respective Championship for promotion.

Starting in 2026, the format is scheduled to be revised with three tiers of competition, which will be included in the qualification process for the Rugby World Cup.[1]

The current format of the tournament contains both a geographical and divisional element with promotion and relegation. All the teams are split between the North and South. Within that geographical split, teams are then split into the Championship (higher division) and the Cup (lower division). The highest placed team in each Cup plays the bottom team in their respective Championship for promotion. As of 2017, the Southern region does not have a Cup division.

Finally, the winner of the North championship plays the winner of the South championship in the RAN Championship final to decide the winner of the overall tournament.[2]

Champions

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Year Winner Score Runner-up Refs
1966  Guyana round robin  Trinidad and Tobago
1967  Trinidad and Tobago round robin  Barbados
1969 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica round robin File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas
1971  Guyana round robin  Trinidad and Tobago
1973  Trinidad and Tobago round robin  Barbados
1975 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica round robin  Barbados
1977  Bermuda round robin File:Flag-of-Martinique.svg Martinique
1979  Bermuda round robin
1981  Bermuda round robin
1983  Trinidad and Tobago round robin
1985  Trinidad and Tobago round robin
1987 File:Flag-of-Martinique.svg Martinique round robin
1992  Bermuda round robin
1993 round robin
1994  Bermuda round robin
1996  Bermuda 29–8  Trinidad and Tobago
1997  Trinidad and Tobago 31–14 File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands
1998  Bermuda round robin  Trinidad and Tobago
1999  Trinidad and Tobago
File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands		 round robin
2001  Trinidad and Tobago 23–12  Bermuda [3]
2005  Barbados 52–3 File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas [4]
2008  Trinidad and Tobago 40–24  Guyana [5]
2011  Bermuda 11–0  Guyana
2012  Bermuda 18–0  Guyana [6]
2013 Error creating thumbnail: USA South 26–18  Trinidad and Tobago [7]
2014  Guyana 30–27 Error creating thumbnail: USA South [8]
2015  Trinidad and Tobago 30–16  Mexico [9][10]
2016  Mexico 32–3  Guyana [11]
2017 Error creating thumbnail: USA South 23–19  Guyana [12]
2018 Error creating thumbnail: USA South round robin File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands [13]
2019  Bermuda 33–10 File:Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe [14]
2025  Mexico 45–14  Trinidad and Tobago [15]

Reference:[16]

Statistics by team

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Team Titles Years won
 Bermuda
10
 1977, 1979, 1981, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2011, 2012, 2019
 Trinidad and Tobago
9
 1967, 1973, 1983, 1985, 1997, 1999*, 2001, 2008, 2015
 Guyana
3
 1966, 1971, 2014
Error creating thumbnail: USA South
3
 2013, 2017, 2018
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
2
 1969, 1975
 Mexico
2
 2016, 2025
 Barbados
1
 2005
File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands
1
 1999*
File:Flag-of-Martinique.svg Martinique
1
 1987
*Shared title

Notes

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  3. ^ valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2003 Rugby World Cup
  4. ^ valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2007 Rugby World Cup
  5. ^ valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2011 Rugby World Cup
  6. ^ valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2015 Rugby World Cup
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