Cayman Islands national rugby union team
The Cayman Islands national rugby union team represents the Cayman Islands in the sport of rugby union. They have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have participated in qualifying tournaments. The sport in the Cayman Islands is governed by the Cayman Rugby Union. The Cayman Islands have players throughout the squad playing through the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Canada and the USA.
| Nickname(s) | FFP Cayman Rugby | |
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| Union | Cayman Islands Rugby Football Union | |
| Head coach | Jovan Bowles | |
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| World Rugby ranking | ||
| Current | 54 (as of 16 January 2023) | |
| Lowest | 58 (11 December 2022) | |
| First international | ||
| Jamaica 9-10 Cayman Islands (13 March 1976) | ||
| Biggest win | ||
| Cayman Islands 48-0 Jamaica (13 February 2001) | ||
| Biggest defeat | ||
| Mexico 105-7 Cayman Islands (31 August 2019) | ||
As of 2019, the Cayman Islands competes in the Rugby Americas Challenge along with Columbia, Mexico and Paraguay. In 2019 they were crowned champions of the Caribbean after representing the Northern Caribbean region and beating Guyana (who were the champions of the Southern region) by 58 to 14 on 9 February 2019. The Cayman Islands will be the fourth team to qualify for the Americas Rugby Challenge which will be held later in the Summer of 2019.
Their shirts are dark blue, with a single 2 white hoops and red stripe across the shoulder.