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.