Veteran scrum half Tom Healy will lead an inexperienced Bermuda side at the NACRA Rugby Sevens Championships in Ottawa, Canada this weekend.Healy, who has represented the West Indies in the smaller-sided version of the game, has been handed the captain’s armband by head coach Lawrence Bird, whose 12-man team leave the Island today.Considering the youthful nature of the side, Healy’s extra know-how should be a big help to the Island’s younger players, the majority of whom are naturalised Bermudians, which Bird feels is important.“Tom’s going to be skipper and he should be good to lead to side. He rolled his ankle over at the weekend but it should settle down in time,” Bird said. “He has an awful lot of experience and has played for the West Indies at the Hong Kong Sevens. I’m sure Tom will be able to help our youngsters through the games.“I think it’s important to say that the team is almost entirely Bermudian. It’s the biggest percentage of Bermudians in a squad since I’ve been involved, which is an encouraging sign of how we’re growing rugby locally. It’s very pleasing to see so many Bermudians in the team and keen to participate.”Bird’s side recently reaffirmed their status as the region’s top 15s team after defending their NACRA Caribbean Championship title, defeating Guyana 18-0 at the National Sports Centre (NSC).But he admits their sevens game has plenty of room for improvement and does not expect Bermuda, who have been grouped with Canada, Mexico and Bahamas, to be genuine title contenders in Ottawa“It’s going to be an educational and developmental weekend for us to a large extent,” he said. “I’m pleased that we’ve been able to bring some youngsters through because we’re trying to develop our sevens rugby as well as the 15s.“Sevens is getting a lot of good press coverage and will be in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, so it’s clearly an area we want to develop. Of course, in four years time a lot of these youngsters will be coming through, so this will be ideal preparation for those boys.“It should be a great experience for the guys. Canada will be very tough game, but we will see what we can do with Mexico and Bahamas.”In an effort to improve the standard of their small-sided game, the Bermuda Rugby Football Association (BRFU) reached out to Fijian sevens legend Waisale Serevi, who travels the world with his renowned coaching camp.Serevi, who is widely regarded as one of the best ever sevens players, held a four-day skills clinic at Warwick Academy in June, where he and his coaching team worked with both junior and senior players.The 44-year-old, who won the Sevens World Cup with Fiji in 1997 and 2005, returned to the Island last weekend to assist with team’s final preparations at the NSC.“Some of our guys are new to sevens and we’ve been putting a lot of hard work in,” said Bird. “Over the weekend, the Fijian great Serevi was here again to help us out with a sevens camp for two days at the National Sports Centre, where we got through a lot of work. Serevi and his colleagues have been very, very helpful and I certainly learned a lot from them.”The NACRA Sevens Championship will act as a qualifier for the 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup to be held in Moscow, Russia.Bermuda take on Canada in the opening game on Saturday morning. The top team from the group will advance to the final.Bermuda’s squad: Tom Healy (captain), Somers Brewin, Aldo Campbell, Tom Bassett, Justin Collis, Jack Ellison, Steven Husbands, Dylan O’Kelly-Lynch, Antonio Perinchief-Leader, Darren Richardson, Patrick Richardson, Neville ZuillHead coach: Lawrence BirdAssistant coach: Patrick CalowManager: Andrew HookPhysio: Beth Hollis