GRR: USA Rugby South
The USA Rugby South U19 program is back playing in the Rugby Americas North 15s championships.
The Panthers will compete July 7-17 against teams from the Caribbean, as they have in previous years, representing the USA.
The USA Rugby South may have fallen short in the team's quest for a NACRA U19 championship, losing 24-0 to Mexico in the final, but they did their region, and the country, proud.
Mexico dominated the final of the NACRA U19 Championships, not letting the USA South A team getting anywhere and winning 24-0.
The South kept up the fight but could not crack the Mexico defense.
In other action Saturday, Cayman Islands beat Turks & Cacos 29-26 in a thriller to take 5th, or the Plate.
So the final placements in the NACRA U19s Championships are:
The USA Rugby South U19 Red team defeated Bermuda 17-0 Friday in Orlando to secure 7th in the North American Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) U19 Championships.
Many of the players on the USA Rugby South team playing in the NACRA U19 15s remember last year.
In the 2014 tournament, a 15-10 loss to Mexico in the semis relegated the Panthers to the 3rd/4th game, where they won 32-10. That was a nice ending, but that loss in the semis stuck with them.