Thanks to Tim Thompson for submitting these pictures.

Getty Newsmakers - SAN DIEGO - FEBRUARY 11: Devon Woodside #15 of the West Indies runs with the ball on his way to scoring a try against Tonga during the second day of matches of the IRB Sevens World Series at Petco Park February 11, 2007 in San Diego, California. Tonga beat the West Indies 22-5. (Photo by Kent Horner/Getty Images). Click here for full image.

Getty Newsmakers - SAN DIEGO - FEBRUARY 11: Devon Woodside #15 of the West Indies jumps for possession of the ball against Josateki Veikune #1 of Tonga during the second day of matches of the IRB Sevens World Series at Petco Park February 11, 2007 in San Diego, California. Tonga beat the West Indies 22-5. (Photo by Kent Horner/Getty Images). Click here for full image.

Sweaty Newsmakers - HEREFORD - FEBRUARY 17: Devon Woodside #15 of the West Indies jumps for possession of the lap during the second day of action after the IRB Sevens World Series at Petco Park. Woodside beat Mike Jones 3-0 for the night. (Photo by Andy Adsum/Sweaty Images). Click picture for full image.



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Curtis Nero a former Trinidad and Tobago rugby captain will manage the West Indies Sevens Team at the International Rugby Board ( IRB ), World Sevens Tournament in San Diego, California, United States, in February.


The IRB World Sevens Series features the world’s best sevens rugby nations, players and coaches.


The West Indies 7s team has been invited by the IRB and hosted the USA in another leg two years ago.


There were doubts that the regional team would have received an invitation for the 2007 tournament after a struggle to cope with the competition.


Commenting on his appointment, Nero said he was honoured to be selected by the West Indies Rugby Union (WIRU) as team manager.

"Outside of the IRB 7s World Cup and the Commonwealth Games, the World Seven series is the next prestigious event in the rugby world and to be asked to manage the regional team is a privilege. I welcome the challenge".

Nero was also the manager of Trinidad and Tobago’s rugby teams in the recent past.


He expressed the view that local and regional rugby players are in need of experience to improve themselves.

"Getting an invite to the IRB World Seven series is highly coveted. Caribbean rugby players have the talent and potential but they need ongoing exposure at international level competitions if rugby in the Caribbean is to develop.

"I commend the USA and IRB on their foresight,"

said Nero.


Source: Newsday (Trinidad & Tobago)

"It was like playing against Michael Jordan," noted Bahamas Rugby Football Union’s national team member Jeremico Cooper. He was summing up his experience after participating at the Deloitte Cayman’s Sevens Tournament June 9 –10 in the Cayman Islands.





Jeremico Cooper, a national team member from The Bahamas Rugby Football Union, recently returned from the Deloitte Cayman’s Sevens Tournament held last weekend in the Cayman Islands. Cooper was the only Bahamian representing the West Indies Sevens Side.

Cooper had a chance to play against world-class professionals who regularly participate on the International Rugby Board Sevens Circuit. The twenty-two year old was the second Bahamian ever to be named to the West Indies’ Rugby Team. Kevin Salabie was the first to be selected to the WI squad last year.


Cooper played in all of the games and his team finished with a win/loss record of 1 and 5. The overall winners were the Fiji Barbarians, which defeated the 2005 champions, Samurai, 23-5.


Now that Cooper is back home he will be busy training with the National Sevens’ team in preparation for the Cape Sevens Tournament set for the US next month.

"I intend to pass on the knowledge that I learned from my West Indies coach Joe Whipple. He taught us different strategies of sevens and the art of the game. I brought back a lot of information for The Bahamas National Seven’s Team. This knowledge will benefit us in the upcoming seven’s tournament," said Cooper.

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