Rugby union Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts on each try line. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by male and female players of all ages. In 2014, there were more
Caribbean Select women's rugby union team Caribbean Select women's rugby union team The Caribbean Select rugby union team are an inter-island sporting side with players coming from Trinidad & Tobago (T&T), Guyana, Jamaica, Barbados, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 2010. The team was created in 2008 to give the USA and Canadian U20 sides, competing in that year's NACRA tournament, extra games after the cost of travelling to Bahamas prevented most islands from sending their own teams. Players in 2008 came from Bermuda, Mexico, Jamaica, British Virgin Islands, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Barbados, and