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USA Rugby South Blue and Mexico survived their semifinal opponents and the weather to advance to the NACRA U19 Championship game to be played this weekend. Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago will meet in the 3rd/4th place playoff.
Mexico 15 Trinidad & Tobago 13 – Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago were the first semifinal up and the two sides battled through a closely fought match that pitted two very different styles of play. Mexico with a conservative game plan and Trinidad & Tobago who attempted to use their speed to play a wide open style of rugby. Despite controlling a great deal of possession and territory, Trinidad & Tobago were repeatedly turned away by mistakes combined with a solid Mexican defense.
USA Rugby South Blue 32 Barbados 7 – USA South Blue took control of the match early and stretched their lead slowly throughout the match as they took down a Barbados side that didn’t have any trouble scoring points in the quarterfinals.
Tomorrow the consolation matches take place as USA Rugby South Red take on Cayman Islands and Turks & Caicos takes on Bermuda.
