Falcons Women Showcase Solid Defense in Win over Life
The USA Falcons Women defeated Life University Women Monday evening in Marietta, GA.
This game was a warmup match before the Falcons' tour of Brazil, and it also opened up a bit of debate that crops up periodically—could a top-flight domestic team play and beat a development national team?
The answer is yes, they could play and compete against them, but the Falcons won 40-5.
Why the U20 Women's Tour is a Sign for the Future
Coming out of their tour of South Africa the USA U20 women have made a statement.
If South Africa is one of the up-and-coming nations in women's rugby, and they are, then the USA U20s beating South Africa's U20s 47-12 and 60-17 shows that someone else is up-and-coming.
And this feeds into GRR's own assessments
What Jack Hanratty Did to Back Up His Words
Have a look at the photo above.
Annie Henrich is kicking for goal for the USA U20 women in South Africa. That's not what we want you to notice; it's the tee caddy. That would be USA Women's 15s Head Coach Jack Hanratty.
When he took on the job Hanratty said he wanted to ensure there was symbiosis within the entire national team pathway—age-grade, development teams, 7s, and 15s.
U18 Boys Return with Lessons, and Points of Pride
The USA U18 boys team is back from their South America trip with one win, two losses, and a lot learned.
The record shows that the USA team lost to Uruguay U18s 29-26, beat a Brazil age-grade team 36-26, and finished up with a 40-0 loss to the Buenos Aires Academy.
Confidence Builds with Eagles and Scrumhalf De Haas
Still only 27 USA scrumhalf Ruben de Haas is coming off his best run of rugby the last few months and closing in on a couple of milestones.
