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Jamaica Schools Rugby League Championships

Jamaica junior rugby league championships decided

Calabar High and Campion College Claim U14 And U16 JRLA Championships

Jamaica Schools Rugby League Championships

Calabar High won their fifth successive Jamaica Rugby League Association U14 Championship, beating The Cedar Grove Academy 18-14 in a pulsating Grand Final played at Campion College.

The match went into golden point extra time, Tevez Tulloch with his second try claiming the clinching score.

Amere Anderson and Jhaidan Williams also crossed for the victors, Laquan Burton, Christan Campbell and Shamar Cunningham replying for Cedar Grove.

Calabar coach Derone Davis said: “We are extremely proud of our performance.

Cedar Grove are a very good team and played a great match, they’d beaten us in the round robin stage and so we knew we had to dig deep in the finals.

We held our composure well in the second half and in extra time and it paid off.”

The U16s decider was also a hotly contested affair between Campion College and The Cedar Grove Academy, both of whom were seeking their first title.

Campion took an early first half lead through prop Ehinome Ehikhametalor, but Cedar Grove hit immediately through Tajay Brown.

The scores remained level until late in the second half when Ehinome crashed over for his second try which decided the contest 8-4.

“The boys worked hard throughout the season, and it all came together for them,” noted Campion coach Andrew Dixon.

“Our season was built on being able to defend well and that enabled us to overcome a very talented Cedar Grove outfit.

Overall, we are just happy to bring Campion its first U16 rugby league Championship, it means a lot to this team.”

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Cedar Grove Academy win National U19s 9s Tournament

High School rugby league has returned in Jamaica after the long absence due to Covid-19 restrictions on the island.

In the first national tournament, held at U19s level and 9s format, five educational establishments met at BB Coke High, St. Elizabeth, with Cedar Grove Academy winning their first national title.

After a series of round robin matches, they defeated Calabar High 8-4 in the Grand Final, Kaden Hunter voted MVP.

Pictured – Kaden Hunter (MVP) and Jerome Newby, both from the Cedar Grove Academy

The hosts finished third, ahead of Campion College and St. Georges College

Cedar Grove head coach, Antonio Baker, said: “We were elated to win our first U19 title, and it was made even more special because it is the school’s first-ever sporting trophy.

We were the smallest team on the day but the determination and tenacity of man of the tournament, Kaden Hunter, helped his team to soar to excellence.

“Going into the tournament I was a bit worried because we only had two training sessions prior to leaving but the boys really put their bodies on the line.

The entire school celebrated with us as the trophy was presented to the principal at our Lenten service.

The rugby league culture is thriving in our school as both genders from all grade levels are clamouring to join the sport.”

RLJ director, Romeo Monteith, noted: “It’s massive to see our juniors get the chance to play rugby league again in 2022. These kids have missed out on so much, including lost scholarship opportunities to our universities and colleges.

Everyone made a huge effort, including coaches, managers, players, and principals to get the teams back on the field.

It was exciting to see our match officials back in action too after the long layoff, we hope to slowly get all our rugby league community back to playing.”

The next tournament is scheduled for Friday 29 April, for U16s at Campion College.

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