Martinique Rugby Committee Martinique Rugby Committee The Martinique Rugby Committee (French: "Comité de Rugby de la Martinique", —or officially: "Comité Territorial de Rugby de la Martinique") is a committee under the umbrella of the French Rugby Federation which is the governing body for rugby union within Martinique. It is affiliated with NACRA, which is the regional governing body for North America and the Caribbean, but it is not affiliated with the World Rugby in its own right. As an overseas department of France, Martinique can participate in international competition, but not for the Rugby World Cup. Martinique has thus far played in the
Martinique at the CONCACAF Gold Cup Championship was rebranded under that name. Since then, they have qualified for five tournaments, which puts them among the more successful Caribbean teams in tournament history. They qualified for the Knockout Stage once, in 2002, after a 1-0 victory against Trinidad & Tobago. In their first tournament match in 1993, Martinique was on the receiving end of a 9-0 win for Mexico, still the highest victory in tournament history. Seven of those goals were scored by striker Zague, another unique record. Kévin Parsemain, who captained the Martinique national team in 2013 and 2017, is the only Martinican player to score