Rugby union in the Turks and Caicos Islands

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Rugby union in the Turks and Caicos Islands

Country	Turks and Caicos Islands
Governing body	Turks and Caicos Islands Rugby Football Union
National team(s)	Turks and Caicos Islands

Rugby union in the Turks and Caicos Islands is a minor, but growing sport.

Governing body

The Turks and Caicos Islands Rugby Football Union is currently affiliated to NACRA (formerly NAWIRA), but not IRB.

History

Rugby in the Turks and Caicos Islands began in the early 1990s on Providenciale's old playing field. Due to the harsh nature of the terrain, and the lack of grass pitches, it was limited to touch rugby.

Touring parties were created and travelled first to Tamarac Florida and then on to the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean Sevens in Trinidad where they won the award for the most sociable team.

The TCIRFU was formed in 2001 and continues to grow through tours to Cuba, the Bahamas and the United States.

The Conch Cup is a regular home and away tournament held with the Bahamas national rugby union team.^[1]

References

^ http://www.rugbybahamas.com/index.php/2007/01/12/turks_aamp_caicos_rugby_tour

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v t e Rugby union in British dependencies
Governing bodies	Rugby Football Union Bermuda British Virgin Is Cayman Islands Jersey Isle of Man Turks and Caicos
National teams	Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands (M W)
By dependency	Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Guernsey (Sark) Jersey Isle of Man Montserrat St Helena St Kitts & Nevis Turk & Caicos
Clubs	Anguilla Eels RFC Campo Gibraltar RFC Manx rugby teams
Related articles	Bermuda Classic Tournament NACRA Jeff Butterfield The Lord Jersey Rugby Cup

v t e Rugby union in North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

v t e Rugby union in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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