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Las Serpientes of Mexico are the 2025 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Champions. The Mexican National Men’s team overcame Trinidad & Tobago in the Grand Final on Saturday. Mexico were comprehensive winners in Mexico City by a scoreline of 45-14.
In his 10th cap for Las Serpientes, Sebastián Díaz captained his country to glory at the Estadio de Prácticas Roberto Tapatío Méndez. Center Connor Olvera made his test debut for Mexico while the most capped player, hooker Mizael Loredo, earned his 26th cap.
The teams had secured their places in the RAN Final in differing manners. Shakeel Dyte and the Calypso Warriors were 29-28 winners over Barbados while Las Serpientes were 37-22 winners over Jamaica.
The trophy does not bring with it a pathway to qualifying for Rugby World Cup 2027. World Rugby excluded the Caribbean region from Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers. North American participation is limited to Canada and the USA. This differs to South America. The South American regional qualifiers include Costa Rica. The Central Americans joined Colombia, Peru and Venezuela in round 1.
MEXICO
1 Emanuel Barajas, 2 Mizael Loredo, 3 Esteban Viñas, 4 Sebastián Díaz (capt.), 5 Thomas Vesey, 6 Jean-Paul Zisa, 7 Victor Oliva, 8 Samuel Rojas, 9 Andrés Rodríguez, 10 Christian Álvarez, 11 Juan Pablo Martínez, 12 Connor Olvera, 13 Brandon Arriaga, 14 Diego Sánchez, 15 Emilio Sánchez
Replacements: 16 Bryan Aguirre, 17 Borja Mandaluniz, 18 José Mauricio de la Torre, 19 Erik Castillo, 20 Manuel Zamudio, 21 Rodrigo Muñoz-Ledo, 22 Miguel Carner, 23 José Larraga
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (from)
Shakeel Dyte, Trizene Mc Clean, Christopher Daniel, Jarell McFarlane, Jamal Clark, Askari Dawud, Johnathon Stewart, Wasim Ollivierre, Nathaniel Cadiz, Ruari O’Farrell, Karlon Alexander, Jonathan Taylor, Leon Pantor, Isaiah Small, Jamaal Stewart, Marcus Daniel, Travis Carmichael, Liam Jerry, Nigel Ballington, Kaselle Lee, Anderson Joseph, Jeremy Bonas, Wasiym Stewart.
