10th Jamaica Rugby League Intercollegiate Championship set to start

Photo: Marlon Nunes of CMU carries the ball into Contact against UTech

The 10^th Intercollegiate rugby league Championship will kick off on Thursday, January 23, with 6 of Jamaica’s premiere colleges and universities partaking.

Defending champions Excelsior Community College will battle fellow tertiary institutions GC Foster College, The Mico University College, The University of the West Indies, University of Technology and runners-up from last year, Caribbean Maritime University.

The format of the competition remains the same with all teams will playing each other twice over 10 rounds.  The top four will battle in the Semi-Finals scheduled for Saturday, April 11. The Grand Finals and Third Place will take place on Saturday, April 18.

Champions Exed Eagles will look to the leadership of national hooker Akeem Murray to guide them to a title defence, meanwhile, hard running utility Orlando Messado should feature heavily for last year’s beaten finalist, CMU Spartans as they seek to go one better. UTech Knights could be the dark horse of the competition as JRLA player of the year and prolific national try scorer Jenson Morris returns. Former four time champions Mico Crocs, still in rebuilding mode, will need former St. Catherine High playmaker Kwame Blake firing on all cylinders to avoid missing their second semi-finals in 10 years.  GC Foster Lions will look to diminutive half-back Devon Coke lead them to another title while UWI Pelicans will look to upset the apple cart behind the guile of national play maker Adrian Hall.

Intercol rugby league coordinator Marvin Thompson sees another exciting season in the making but would love to see corporate Jamaica support the competition:

“Last year featured some classic match ups and we expect the same this season, Exed and CMU have set the new standard for the competition but the other teams have shown that they are right up there as well. There are plenty national players in this competition and with places to next year’s Rugby League World Cup on the line, we can expect a very competitive season. The only the missing is a title sponsor for one of Jamaica’s best competitions.”

INTERCOL Rugby League 13s National Championship 2020

Teams:  UTECH KNIGHTS, MICO CROCS, GCF LIONS, EXED EGLES, CMU SPARTANS, UWI PELICANS

DATE	ROUND	HOME	SCORE		SCORE	AWAY	VENUE	TIME	REFEREE
Thur Jan 23	1	GCF		v		MICO	GCF	3:30pm	Nickoli Christy
Sat Jan 25	1	EXED		v		CMU	EXED	3:30pm	Peter Tapper
Sat Jan 25	1	UTECH		v		UWI	UTECH	3:30pm	Lionel Wallace
Sat Feb 1	2	CMU		v		UTECH	UWI	2:00pm	Peter Tapper
Sat Feb 1	2	UWI		v		MICO	UWI	3:30pm	Kemoy Whyte
Sat Feb 1	2	EXED		v		GCF	EXED	3:30pm	Lionel Wallace
Thur Feb 6	3	CMU		v		UWI	Breezy Castle	3:30pm	Nickoli Christy
Sat Feb 8	3	MICO		v		EXED	UTECH	2:00pm	Dario Dowie
Sat Feb 8	3	UTECH		v		GCF	UTECH	3:30pm	Kemoy Whyte
Sat Feb 15	4	CMU		v		GCF	UTECH	2:00pm	Peter Tapper
Sat Feb 15	4	EXED		v		UWI	EXED	3:30pm	Dario Dowie
Sat Feb 15	4	UTECH		v		MICO	UTECH	3:30pm	Nickoli Christy
Thur Feb 20	5	CMU		v		MICO	Breezy Castle	3:30pm	Nickoli Christy
Sat Feb 22	5	EXED		v		UTECH	EXED	3:30pm	Peter Tapper
Sat Feb 22	5	UWI		v		GCF	UWI	3:30pm	Lionel Wallace
Thur Feb 27	6	UWI		v		UTECH	UWI	3:30pm	Dario Dowie
Sat Feb 29	6	CMU		v		EXED	GCF	2:00pm	Lionel Wallace
Sat Feb 29	6	MICO		v		GCF	GCF	3:30pm	Kemoy Whyte
Sat Mar 7	7	MICO		v		UWI	UWI	3:30pm	Peter Tapper
Sat Mar 7	7	GCF		v		EXED	GCF	3:30pm	Kemoy Whyte
Sat Mar 7	7	UTECH		v		CMU	UTECH	3:30pm	Dario Dowie
Thur Mar 12	8	UWI		v		CMU	UWI	3:30pm	Nickoli Christy
Sat Mar 14	8	EXED		v		MICO	EXED	3:30pm	Peter Tapper
Sat Mar 14	8	GCF		v		UTECH	GCF	3:30pm	Kemoy Whyte
Thur Mar 19	9	MICO		v		UTECH	UTECH	3:30pm	Nickoli Christy
Sat Mar 21	9	GCF		v		CMU	GCF	3:30pm	Dario Dowie