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Dominican Republic Look to Beat Bahamas

The Dominican Republic is looking to beat the Bahamas. The countries meet today in the third and final fixture of the 2017 Rugby Americas North Cup – North Zone Cup.

Both sides lost to Turks & Caicos in the prior fixtures, making this fixture a battle for second position. For the Dominican Republic it is an opportunity to make history by defeating a World Rugby member nation.

The Dominican Republic are to have home advantage. They will be playing at the Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte. Kick-off is scheduled for 4:00pm.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1 Andres Pepin, 2 David Enmanuel Viloria Zabala, 3 Brahian Gomez Arias, 4 Rolfy Estarlin J. Valenzuela, 5 Javier Baez Gerez, 6 Victor Arturo Fernandez Pineda, 7 Jesus Lora Sánchez, 8 Victor Silverio, 9 Luis David Alvarez Nuñez, 10 Arnold Figueroa J, 11 Pablo Portes, 12 Erick Arias Escalante, 13 Juan Diego Marte, 14 Rony De Jesus Luciano, 15 Daniel Figueroa

Replacements: 16 Raul Cifuentes Bonnet, 17 Kaonex Mancebo Almont, 18 Christopher Soto Mateo, 19 Angelo Reid, 20 Michael Guerrero Gomez, 21 Hansel Ramos, 22 Colin Brown, 23 Kelvis Arias

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Formally created in June 2015, this website's goal is to increase media exposure of the Tier 2 rugby nations, and create a hub with a focus on the stories of rugby in the Americas - North, Central and South.

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