2nd Place, and Clear Improvement, for Both USA Falcons Teams in Haguenau

The USA Falcons men also finished 2nd in Haguenau. After going 2-1 in the first day, and losing only to the New Zealand Cavaliers, the Falcons finished the six-team round robin with a 36-5 win over Tropics 7s and 38-12 over Pacific Toa.

That wrapped up round-robin play 4-1, just behind the Cavaliers, who finished the Round Robin with two shutout wins to go 5-0.

So the top two teams played in the final and it was USA Falcons vs the New Zealand Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers took the win 29-14.

Again, this was two tournaments in which the USA Falcons were second-best to the New Zealanders, but clearly better than everyone else. They lost to a team not called the NZ Cavaliers in the first tournament, but didn't do that again, taking 5th in Cognac and now 2nd in Haguenau. Their results against New Zealand showed improvement, with their first loss being 41-7 and the two results in Haguenau being 27-19 and 29-14.

To put this in perspective, the Falcons against everyone else in Haguenau were 4-0 with an average score of 40-6. For the Cavaliers, gave up 12 points in their other four matches, but 33 to the Falcons in two games.

 

 

 

 

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