Bermuda crossed over for seven tries as they got their second win of the Caribbean Championships -- but lax refereeing allowed Jamaica to escape with a mere 27-point deficit.

Gavin Corcoran and Josh McGiven scored twice, while Jonathan Cassidy, Shane Gill and Rod Stewart got one apiece in the Bahamas showdown, with Alan Oliver converting two of the tries.

But Jamaica, a new nation to competitive rugby, were allowed too much latitude by the referee, according to Bermuda Rugby Football Union president John Williams, which enabled them to reply with two tries of their own.

"We were leading 24-0 just before half-time and Rob Morgan had a try disallowed when we were called back to the half-way line for a penalty because the touch judge had seen something,'' explained Williams.

"The referee was explaining it to some of the Bermuda players when one of the Jamaicans picked up the ball, ran all the way on his own and scored and the referee allowed it.'' And he added: "Quite frankly, we should have had a lot of penalties. There was a lot of high tackling which wasn't punished and obviously that made us concerned about injuries to our players. But we were very disciplined and didn't respond.

"The referee seemed to be giving them a lot of latitude in order for them to progress because they're a developing nation in rugby terms, although I have my doubts as to whether that's the right way to go about it.

"But we were very impressed with Jamaica's attitude. They've got about nine clubs there and rugby's all over the school system. They really appear to be on the road to getting somewhere.

"However, from our point of view we would have liked to win by a bigger margin.'' Bermuda play champions Trinidad in their final match on Saturday.