International Rugby League Features Jamaica
Seaview Gardens win Jamaica Rugby League Primary School Championship
By Phil Caplan, 18/6/13
The Jamaica Rugby League Association successfully staged its second annual Primary School Championship this weekend at GC Foster College with over 100 children from six schools participating.
Defending champions Seaview Gardens were superb for the second year running, chalking up five wins and a draw to retain their title ahead of Naggohead Primary, Crescent Primary, Dupont Primary, Southboro Primary and Trafalgar Christian Academy.
Jamaica Rugby League 2013 domestic season set for kick off
By Romeo Monteith, Date: 2/6/13
Jamaica’s premier rugby league competition, The National Club Championship (NCC), gets into full swing with six teams; Vauxhall Vultures, Liguanea Dragons, JDF Warriors, GC Foster Lions, Spanish Town Vikings and Duhaney Park Red Sharks, taking part.
Mico take Intercol Jamaican Rugby League crown
By Phil Caplan, Date: 21/4/13
Jamaican rugby league inter-collegiate Grand Final – Mico 32 G.C. Foster 29
Two late penalties from Kenyon Woolery gave Mico their first title in an upset win over G.C. Foster.
The Grand Final, played at the University of Technology grounds was a rip-roaring game, the sides coming in to it with similar regular season records having won nine of their ten games, the only defeats being to each other.
Jamaica Rugby League will take on Trinidad and Canada in 2013
By Richard Cowley, Date: 12/4/13
Rugby League in the Caribbean just got a little bigger with the Jamaica Rugby League Association announcing that they will be playing against rugby league new comers Trinidad on June the 15th in Kingston.
Being new to rugby league and recently setting up the Trinidad Rugby League Association the game will be the first time Trinidad have played a rugby league international. The birth of Trinidad on the international scene also shows the great work the Jamaica Rugby League Association have been doing to help grow the game in the Caribbean.
Spanish Town celebrate double high schools rugby league success
By Phil Caplan, Date: 15/2/13
Spanish Town Comprehensive from St. Catherine’s are celebrating becoming the U16 and U19 Jamaica Rugby League Association High School champions in a notable double Grand Final success.
Reggae rugby league primed for 2013
By JRLA, Date: 27/12/12
It has been eight years since the introduction of rugby league to Jamaica. But gone are the nervous days when many wondered whether the demanding team sport would survive in this nation of gifted athletes.
Vauxhall Vultures continue to celebrate Jamaican Rugby League title win
By Romeo Monteith, Date: 16/9/12
Celebrations have continued in Kingston, Jamaica after Vauxhall Vultures won a record fifth title in six appearances last weekend, defeating local rivals Duhaney Red Sharks 30-16.
Vauxhall Vultures and Duhaney Park into Jamaican Rugby League Finals
By Romeo Monteith, Date: 3/9/12
The Jamaica Rugby League Association’s 2012 National Club Champions will be decided next weekend when old foes Vauxhall Vultures and Duhaney Park Red Sharks face each other at Up Park. The two clubs have emerged from a pack of eight who began the campaign on June 23rd.
First game in Jamaica A v BARLA Under 23s today
By Tony Munro, Date:9/6/2012
The depth of talent in Jamaican Rugby League will be tested this week in a two-game series between Jamaica A and the touring BARLA Under 23s which starts today (Saturday, June 9 in Mona, Kingston.
The Jamaica A team is likely to include Roy Calvert, Nathan Campbell, Ryan Grant,Romaen Campbell, Fabion Turner, Andre Reid and Ryan Spence from the Hurricanes team which emphatically beat USARL side, the DC Slayers recently. It will be led by either Calvert or Romaen Campbell.
