West Indies rugby sevens team

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West Indies Rugby

The West Indies Rugby Union was established in 1975 and is the governing body of the twelve West Indies Unions (Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and Trinidad & Tobago). The West Indies 7s team competes annually at the Carib 7s in Trinidad, the Deloitte 7s in the Cayman Islands and on the iRB Sevens World Series, competing at the 2001 Hong Kong 7s, Cardiff and Twickenham, Argentina and Chile in 2002, Los Angeles in 2005 and 2006 and in San Diego in 2007 and 2008.

2008 USA Sevens

Event Winners Score Finalists Semi Finalists
Cup File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 27 – 12 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
Plate File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 26 – 21 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina File:Flag of England.svg England
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Bowl File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 21 – 19 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
File:Flag of France.svg France
Shield File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 24 – 12 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies

Notable players

  • Luther Burrell
  • Derek Hurdle Jr.
  • Claudius Butts
  • Brendan O’Farrell
  • Kurt Johnson (former Coventry and Orrell winger)
  • Geoff Gregory
  • Mark Hamilton
  • Jonathan Cassidy
  • Ronald Silverthorne
  • Kevin MacKenzie
  • Theo Henry
  • Dan McGavern

See also