The West Indies Rugby Union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

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 Hong Kong 7s, Cardiff and Twickenham in 2002, Argentina and Chile in 2003, Los Angeles in 2005 and 2006 and in San Diego in 2007 and 2008.. Notable players include Luther Burrell

Luther Burrell

Luther Burrell is a professional rugby union player for Sale Sharks, he signed from Leeds Carnegie in the Summer of 2011. Burrell started his career at Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club.Burrell has experienced playing Rugby League and before joining his local Rugby Union side spent two years...

 and Marcel Garvey

Marcel Garvey

Marcel Garvey is an English rugby union player. He is first generation British born with Jamaican parents, Almando and Glasmie Garvey. He went to St Peter's High School, Gloucester, the same school as former Gloucester team-mate Ryan Lamb....

2008 USA Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup		27 - 12
Plate		26 - 21
Bowl		21 - 19
Shield		24 - 12

See also

• NAWIRA