Monday, 11th July 2011Bermuda 18 Barbados 5; T&T 20 Jamaica 7
Results Day 2 of 2011 U19s
Day 2 of the U19 Men's 2011 Championships sees both of last years finalists play their first match of the tournament. 2010 winners Bermuda take on Barbados in the 6.00 p.m. (7.00 EST) match while 2010 runners up Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) take on Jamaica at 8.00 p.m. (9.00 EST). Both Bermuda and T&T have many players who played in the same tournament in 2010, though should be a year fitter, wiser, stronger and more experienced. Both Barbados and Jamaica will be looking to receover from their first round defeats against Cayman and Mexico respectively.
All matches live on www.caymanrugbytv.com
Match 1: Bermuda 18 Barbados 5
Kick off: 6.00 p.m. (7.00 p.m. EST)
Referee: Alasdair Robertson (Cayman)
Reigning champions Bermuda got offf to a winning start with a relatively comfortable win over Barbados. Two penalties from impressive kicker Tristan Kermode put Bermuda into an early 6-0 lead. This was extended through a try from No. 8 Nick Chivers before Kermode scored another peanlty to give Bermuda a 13-0 half time lead. Centre Tom Basset scored the only points (try) for Bermuda in the second half to extendthe lead to 18-0. Barbados gradually got back into the match and started to make some penetrating runs and were rewarded through a try from No. 8 Mario Holder. The comeback was too little too late.
Match 2: Trinidad & Tobago 20 Jamaica 7
Kick 0ff: 8.00 p.m. (9.00 p.m. EST)
Referee: George Nicholson (Barbados)
T&T quickly built up a comfortable 15-0 half time lead with a brace of tries from Olton Charles and another from Brandon Scotland. Although dominant in the first half, T&T did not have it all their own way in the second and Jamaica found themselves back in the match through a penalty try which was converted by Akeeno Frater. In a half littered with indiscipline from both teams, T&T failed to galvernise as a team, relying mainly on solo runs and indiduals raher than teamwork and cohesion. The game was sealed for T&T when Olton Charles went over for his 3rd, giving T&T a 20-7 win.
