Keep an eye out for the breakout players at the national club 7s championships.

While Goff Rugby Report concentrates more on college and HS rugby, we need to take a moment once in a while to make note of college and HS players who show well at the old levels. A large percentage of the players at the Emirates Airline USA Rugby Club 7s Championships (see program) are current or recent college rugby players, and a few are still in high school, or at least haven't matriculated at their college yet.

Here's a list of the college players - and we apoligize if we've missed a couple. Among the players to make special note of: Dylan Carrion, Harry Higgins, Gavan D'Amore-Morrison, Pono Haitsuka, Alex and Adam Sandstrom, Junior Helu, Kevon Williams, and James Tayson.

Some of the players attended college come time ago, and some didn't at all, but we put in some interesting info - such as major age-grade teams, or if they played football in college. It's n interesting mix, but overall what it says is that men's clubs have almost universally found that bringing in college players for the summer is a smart recruiting tool, and also injects speed and athleticism into the squads.

This is now expanding into high school players, where the likes Adam Channel and Chase Suznevich are already making waves. This could be the beginning of a trend, and we might see more and more accomplished high-schoolers bridge their summer between high school and college with a men's 7s team.

Also of note, is that the colleges listed are all over the place. That statement has two meanings - one is that you might see players from one college in programs scattered around the country. it also means that you will see big-time programs such as Arkansas State, but also smaller colleges such as NSCRO winners New Mexico Highlands. It's worth noting that teams that played in major 7s tournaments and didn't necessarily do well still produced players who like 7s, and are good at 7s, who kept at it and are now on successful club 7s teams.