Trinidad and Tobago national rugby sevens team

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Union Trinidad & Tobago Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)The Calypso Warriors
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South Africa playing Trinidad and Tobago at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Trinidad and Tobago national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. It has competed at the Commonwealth Sevens.

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Current squad

Squad to 2014 Hong Kong Sevens. [1]

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