Tropical 7s U23 Brackets a Championship Rehearsal
Tropical 7s U23 Brackets a Championship Rehearsal
The Tropical 7s U23 brackets are an interesting rehearsal for some high-level collegiate 7s in the USA.
This is most noticeable in the Women's Elite category, but it's there everywhere.
The U23 Women Elite bracket includes two teams each from Lindenwood and Life University—clearly a bit of a tryout for these programs for the CRAA Elite 7s in May. Dartmouth, Long Island, Army, and Harvard are all in that bracket and they all are expected to be in the CRAA 7s.
So, too, is Queens, which has two teams in the Women's Open bracket. Dartmouth and Harvard have 2nd teams in that bracket, and Lander and Davenport are also there.
In the Men's Elite and Men's Open bracket, most of the collegiate teams are in the Open bracket, but St. Bonaventure and Saint Joseph's are pitting themselves against select touring sides such as NAV 7s, Bears, Canada Misfits, USA South, and Equipe Quebec. Oh ... and the Canada Maples Leafs, which is a national Canadian development team.
U23 Women Elite | U23 Mens Elite | U23 Womens Open |
POOL A | POOL A | POOL A |
Dartmouth | Bears Rugby | Clemson University |
Life U Black | Canada Maple Leafs | Florida State University |
Lindenwood University Black | NAV 7s Development | Harvard University |
Long Island University | St.Bonaventure University | Queens University - Royals |
POOL B | POOL B | POOL B |
Army West Point Black | Saint Josephs University | Dartmouth |
Harvard University | Tsunami Canada Misfits | Hawkeyes Rugby |
Life U Green | USA Rugby South Panther Academy | Lander University |
Lindenwood University Gold | Équipe Quebec | Queens University - Rex |
U23 Mens Open | POOL C | |
POOL A | Coastal Carolina University | |
Eckerd Tritons | Davenport University | |
Montauk Pleiades | Durham College Lords | |
University of Alabama | ||
University of Southern Indiana | ||
POOL B | ||
Bears Rugby Open | ||
Embry-Riddle Iron Eagles | ||
MTSU Moosemen | ||
University of Cincinnati RFC |