Barbados national rugby sevens team

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Barbados (blue) playing Canada (red) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Barbados national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They competed at the Commonwealth Sevens in 2014 replacing Nigeria who withdrew despite qualifying. [1] [2] Barbados also participated in the World Series core team qualifiers at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens. [3]

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The team received some publicity in 2014, when Anthony Bayne-Charles, the son of Billy Ocean, was selected to play for them as a reserve. [4]

Players

Former squads

Squad that participated at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens World Series Qualifier. [5]

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References

  1. "Brendan Gallagher: Why Barbados against mighty All Blacks will be no rum do". The Rugby Paper. 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  2. Halewood, Austin (2014-07-25). "TRU Exclusive with Barbados Teammates Jordan Gomez and Phil Lucas". Talking Rugby Union. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  3. Pools drawn for Sevens showdown in Hong Kong [Usurped!]
  4. Billy Ocean's Son Playing Rugby's Rock Stars
  5. Article Title [Usurped!]