Eagle Women Win Plate in Atlanta
KENNESAW, Ga. – The USA Women's 7s team ended their stint at the 2016 Atlanta 7s with a 5-1 record and the Plate; the only team the Eagles lost to was eventual champions Australia in the quarterfinals.
Eagles Over Aussies to go 3-0 in HK
The USA Men's 7s team finished Pool Play 3-0 Saturday in Hong Kong after beating Argentina and, at the end of the day, Australia.
USA Men Smooth in Comeback Over Argentina
The USA Men’s 7s team put together as good a eight-minute period of rugby as you would want to see in their opening game of Day Two in Hong Kong.
And the eight minutes were even more important because thanks to the first six, they were down 14-0.
Eagle Women 3-0 in Atlanta
The USA Women’s National 7s team did what few expected them to do Friday at the Atlanta 7s, going 3-0 to win the pool, and that included a 12-5 defeat of New Zealand.
Stephenson Talks U20s Prospects
The USA U20 team that is off to Harare, Zimbabwe is little changed from the one that defeated Canada in January to qualify, and Head Coach JD Stephenson is fine with that.
The Junior All Americans did, after all, beat the Canadians, and Canada finished 2nd in the tournament in 2015, and so the simple act of qualifying indicates that the USA team has a good shot at doing well.