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The first games to be played by the West Indies team was the
Middlesex Nines in 2004. Later in 2004 and 2005 they would also compete in the York Nines competition. The first thirteen-a-side game the West Indies played was against the South African Wild Dogs in London, September 24, 2004.
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Plans to run the first
Caribbean rugby league competition had to be brought forward 12 months in 2005 because of the large amounts of interest shown in the sport. The sport in Jamaica is making good in roads which consists of 5 teams split into two divisions in the National Premiership.
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Rugby league participation in the
Caribbean has only been possible as recently as 2005, with the introduction of the JRLA National Preimership. Despite the sports early beginnings, it has proved to be a large success, surpassing the most optimistic hopes of the games administrators.
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During 2005 the first local rugby league competition in the
Caribbean took place in Jamaica, which is being hailed as a huge success for the WIRLF. The competition consists of the Vauxhall Vultures, Duhaney Park Sharks, Olympic Angels and the Jamaica Defence Force Warriors.
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All the teams (Sharks, Angels, Warriors, Knights and
Vultures) are based within the nation's capital of Kingston. There are many players who are from adjoining parishes such as St Catherine and St Andrew. For further information visit
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The sport is most popular among young male adults. Currently, Jamaica is the only country to have a competition and enough interest to sustain future events. However, there are plans to bring similar competitions to the islands of
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in 2003. One of the first things the WIRLF did was to find and invite league players from
England who had a Caribbean background to join the West Indies team in future representative competitions.
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The West Indies were first introduced to Rugby League with the formation of the
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2005 Grand Final - Vauxhall
Vultures defeated the Duhaney Park Sharks 32 - 20
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are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.
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The West Indies rugby league team (nicknamed "The Wahoos") represents the
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Each team currently has a team playing in the Open
Division competition.
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The JRLA National
Premiership currently (2006) consists of five teams:
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Jamaica Rugby League Association National Premiership
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26:which is growing in popularity in the
7:
182:West Indies Rugby League Federation
97:West Indies Rugby League Federation
170:Other Rugby League Playing Nations
14:
1343:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
697:
664:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
149:Jamaica Rugby League Association
139:The Jamaica Constabulary Knights
1323:Carriacou and Petite Martinique
1:
1825:Rugby league in the Caribbean
117:Jamaica National Rugby League
71:West Indies rugby league team
1166:Collectivity of Saint Martin
502:Rugby league in the Americas
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1427:San Andrés and Providencia
114:
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806:Saint Pierre and Miquelon
695:
133:The Olympic Garden Angels
1395:Turks and Caicos Islands
826:Turks and Caicos Islands
218:Rugby league by country
126:The Duhaney Park Sharks
83:region in the sport of
1193:British Virgin Islands
953:West Indies Federation
741:British Virgin Islands
310:Bosnia and Herzegovina
1743:These three form the
1543:South Caribbean Coast
1536:North Caribbean Coast
1140:Saint Kitts and Nevis
936:Caribbean Netherlands
654:Saint Kitts and Nevis
130:The Vaxhaull Vultures
1785:Disputed territories
1777:Disputed territories
1575:Venezuelan Caribbean
1244:Federal Dependencies
941:Netherlands Antilles
908:Rugby league in the
1771:continental islands
1568:Colombian Caribbean
1362:Trinidad and Tobago
1200:U.S. Virgin Islands
1084:Antigua and Barbuda
921:British West Indies
831:U.S. Virgin Islands
674:Trinidad and Tobago
519:Antigua and Barbuda
50:Trinidad and Tobago
1693:Venezuelan Guayana
1037:Dominican Republic
948:French West Indies
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65:The National Team
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1753:BES islands
1745:SSS islands
1670:The Guianas
1616:El Salvador
1506:Bay Islands
1456:continental
1420:Aves Island
1382:Archipelago
1338:Saint Lucia
1264:ABC islands
1104:Les Saintes
1097:La DĂ©sirade
1018:Puerto Rico
786:Puerto Rico
713:territories
659:Saint Lucia
594:El Salvador
436:New Zealand
365:Netherlands
278:West Indies
81:West Indies
28:West Indies
1712:Tigri Area
1611:Costa Rica
1332:Martinique
1120:Montserrat
1090:Guadeloupe
1029:Hispaniola
781:Montserrat
776:Martinique
771:Guadeloupe
569:Costa Rica
176:References
115:See also:
34:Popularity
1626:Nicaragua
1621:Guatemala
1592:groupings
1454:Caribbean
1409:Caribbean
1217:Caribbean
910:Caribbean
854:Caribbean
766:Greenland
689:Venezuela
634:Nicaragua
604:Guatemala
524:Argentina
509:Sovereign
421:Australia
253:Argentina
77:Caribbean
1819:Category
1789:Colombia
1769:, these
1720:Suriname
1645:Campeche
1500:Honduras
1357:Barbados
1312:Dominica
1302:Windward
1228:Antilles
1215:Southern
1078:Anguilla
1058:Antilles
985:Antilles
974:Antilles
721:Anguilla
669:Suriname
644:Paraguay
619:Honduras
579:Dominica
564:Colombia
534:Barbados
380:Scotland
246:Americas
164:See also
79:and the
1794:Bermuda
1757:Kingdom
1739:italics
1659:Yucatán
1605:Bermuda
1474:Cozumel
1389:Bahamas
1380:Lucayan
1317:Grenada
1304:Islands
1287:Curaçao
1280:Bonaire
1226:Leeward
1069:Islands
1067:Leeward
1005:Jamaica
983:Greater
751:Curaçao
736:Bonaire
731:Bermuda
684:Uruguay
624:Jamaica
599:Grenada
589:Ecuador
544:Bolivia
529:Bahamas
456:Tokelau
414:Oceania
350:Ireland
340:Germany
335:Georgia
325:Estonia
320:England
294:Lebanon
268:Jamaica
91:History
1781:Guyana
1699:Guyana
1549:Panama
1515:Izabal
1495:Belize
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1056:Lesser
965:Indies
639:Panama
629:Mexico
609:Guyana
554:Canada
549:Brazil
539:Belize
511:states
400:Turkey
395:Sweden
385:Serbia
375:Russia
370:Norway
345:Greece
330:France
303:Europe
258:Canada
225:Africa
1735:N.B.:
1679:Amapá
1652:Petén
1590:Wider
1522:LimĂłn
1273:Aruba
1042:Haiti
726:Aruba
614:Haiti
559:Chile
461:Tonga
446:Samoa
405:Wales
390:Spain
360:Malta
355:Italy
263:Chile
232:Kenya
24:sport
19:is a
1458:zone
1127:Saba
1000:Cuba
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