Photos: Serevi Rugby Training Camp
Rugby sevens legend Waisale Serevi and his coaching team shared their vast knowledge of the game with Bermuda’s youngsters at a skills camps at Warwick Academy and National side at TNT Tatem over a four day period last week.
Serevi, who is widely regarded as one of the best ever sevens players, was also be a guest at the Bermuda Rugby Football Union’s (BRFU) annual dinner at Hamilton Princess on Saturday night.
The 44-year-old also excelled as 15s rugby, representing Fiji at the 1991 ‘99 and ‘03 World Cups, and played professionally for the Mitsubishi, Leicester, Stade Montois, Stade Bordelais and Staines rugby teams.
The ‘Serevi Rugby’ camp is designed to improve players’ core skills such as the tackle, ruck, catch and pass.
Serevi, who is based in Seattle, Washington, said: “I’m fresh off our US Serevi Academy in San Diego, where I trained 60 of America’s top young Sevens athletes with the help of New Zealand sevens’ coach Gordon Tietjens and Argentine great Santiago Gomez Cora.
“We’re dedicated to growing the game of rugby by inspiring and instructing a new swath of youth players. We’re thankful for the opportunity to do this in Bermuda and enjoyed the hospitality and coaching sessions immensely.
All who attended the camps were very impressed with the coaching sessions and really appreciated the opportunity to spend some time with the legend and his very well qualified coaching team. They are looking forward to next year!
I watched the camp over the weekend and was very impressed with the coaching, the application of the players and thanks to Jonathan Cassidy for organizing the trip.