USA Rugby and the New England Free Jacks are holding a women's U23 tournament icing off tomorrow, Friday, in Quincy, Mass.
This is a buildup toward, hopefully, the selection of a USA U23 team, but is notable for a few other reasons, too.
This brings back the old territorial all-star tournament format, and does so with 15s, which is important in developing high-level players, especially those who do not play in high-level divisions.
Both the USA 15s Head Coach Sione Fukofuka, and the USA 7s Head Coach, Emilie Bydwell, will be in attendance.
Because this is a U23 tournament, there are players who are with senior clubs in the competition. However, the vast majority of the players are collegiate players. What's notable, however, is that many of the players involved player for NCR colleges. So, instead of those players being left out of the programs, they have been brought in.
