Cayman's U10, U12 and U14 teams emerged victorious in Freeport after they played against the Bahamas and Key Biscayne in a wonderful festival of rugby on the weekend of 10 to 12 May. ...

Furnace hot temperatures greeted the teams for Match Day 3 of the KRYS Global National Mixed Touch Rugby Championships 2013 at the South Sound Rugby Club last Saturday ...

The going was good to soft for the runners and riders in the fourth round of the National Touch Rugby Championships at the South Sound Rugby ground on Saturday, 12 May. An early pitch inspection gave the all-clear and the games kicked off in a light drizzle. However, what transpired during the afternoon was nothing less than tempestuous; a veritable blizzard of blistering rugby. ...

Cayman Rugby’s Youth and Oldies scene took to the South Sound rugby pitch on 28 April with the visit of Key Biscayne Rugby Club “Rugby Rats” to the Cayman Islands. The Cayman U13 squad previously visited Key Biscayne in January and narrowly lost that match 29-27. Understandably, Key Biscayne’s return visit was eagerly anticipated by the Cayman players. The spoils were shared in the warm up games on the Saturday, with Cayman winning the first game and Key Biscayne winning the second game. The stand-out players were Lleyton James, Dylan Bostock and Devin Mourao, but the whole squad adapted well to playing sevens (seven-a-side as opposed to 13-a-side) on a full pitch. ...

Mexico’s road to the 2015 Rugby World Cup may have started in Mexico in front of IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset, Rugby World Cup winner and 2015 World Cup Ambassador Lawrence Dallaglio and the William Web Ellis Trophy, but that journey ended in George Town on Saturday, 21April at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. Cayman Big Game 1, an event featuring junior rugby exhibition matches, the RCIPS marching band, live acts such as Jeffrey Wilson, DJ XS and a host of other local talent, came to a climax at 4:00 p.m. when Cayman v Mexico kicked off in front of an estimated 2,000 people with more watching internationally online at www. caymanrugbytv.com. ...

Bishop Shanahan High School Rugby Club returned to Cayman for the fourth time over the Easter weekend to play a series of matches against the Cayman U19s. Bishop Shanahan, a co-educational secondary school in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, has enjoyed a rich rugby touring history since the club was founded in 1993, with Cayman being a preferred destination for the young Shanahan players to test their metal against the Caribbean’s premier under 19 programme. The first game on 5 April was a close affair, with the bigger Americans controlling the lineout and scrum, but the Caymanian backline were too hot to handle as Cayman came out on top after 80 minutes. Cayman held onto a slim 15-7 lead, with Shanahan threatening a final score with light fading at the South Sound pitch. ...

Local Rugby is enjoying an influx of visiting tourists to these shores looking for a Cayman Rugby experience. Dartmouth University has made an early impression so far winning two out of its three games on island, but it is Holy Trinity High School, a team from Ontario Canada, that was left licking its wounds on its third trip to the Cayman Islands since Hurricane Ivan. Not only has the Cayman Rugby Football Union rebuilt its clubhouse, fixed its pitch and made continual improvements to its grounds since the hurricane, but the Junior Rugby programme, under the tutelage of Coaches Russell Hayward, Noel Phillips and Gary Southway, has also gone from strength to strength. ...