There is still plenty to play for in the Girls brackets at the NAI 7s, but right now things look good for a couple of the local teams.
The Utah Lions Academy team blasted through the first three games of a seven-team Elite field, knocking off Rocky Mountain, Atlantis, and Upright Rugby fairly convincingly. The Lions have played (and won) are the World United Games and were also in the Vancouver International 7s. They clearly looked athletic, and played with unity.
Still, the ions had some issues with Upright from Canada, falling behind 12-7 at halftime before scoring two tries in the second half to win it. Then early in the second half Alex Sedrick sold an outrageous dummy and broke through for the try under the posts. Then a turnover in the ruck followed by some nice ball movement opened up some space for Charity Tenney to score the clincher.
| Girls Elite | |||
| Upright Rugby Rogues | 36 | Rocky Mountain Rebels | 5 |
| Atlantis | 24 | Atavus Selects | 10 |
| Rhino Academy Girls Elite | 12 | Play Rugby USA | 19 |
| Utah Lions Girls Elite | 41 | Rocky Mountain Rebels | 0 |
| Play Rugby USA | 19 | Atavus Selects | 5 |
| Rhino Academy Girls Elite | 5 | Atlantis | 19 |
| Utah Lions Girls Elite | 21 | Upright Rugby Rogues | 12 |
| Rhino Academy Girls Elite | 10 | Atavus Selects | 5 |
| Utah Lions Girls Elite | 26 | Atlantis | 10 |
| Upright Rugby Rogues | 22 | Play Rugby USA | 7 |
| Rocky Mountain Rebels | 19 | Rhino Academy Girls Elite | 17 |
The round-robin games continue on Saturday with the top two teams facing off in the final.
| Girls Elite | W | L | T | Pf | Pa | Pd | Pts |
| Utah Lions Elite | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22 | 66 | 9 |
| Rhino Rugby Academy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 55 | -4 | 8 |
| Upright Rugby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 33 | 37 | 7 |
| Atlantis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 7 |
| Play Rugby USA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 46 | -8 | 5 |
| Rocky Mt. Rebels | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 94 | -70 | 5 |
| Atavus Selects | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 53 | -33 | 3 |
In the Girls Open, no one is perfect, as the top two teams, the Mambas and Utah Barbarians, tied 21-21. Coastal Dragons started off well but were upended by the Mambas. Round-Robin play continues on Saturday.
| Girls Open | |||
| Fullerton Lady Lions | 20 | Coastal Dragons | 21 |
| Utah Barbarians | 46 | Idaho Grey Wolves | 0 |
| Mambas | 27 | Furies Rugby | 0 |
| Furies Rugby | 7 | Coastal Dragons | 33 |
| Utah Barbarians | 21 | Mambas | 21 |
| Idaho Grey Wolves | 5 | Fullerton Lady Lions | 22 |
| Mambas | 22 | Coastal Dragons | 7 |
| Utah Barbarians | 26 | Fullerton Lady Lions | 0 |
| Idaho Grey Wolves | 22 | Furies Rugby | 14 |
| Girls Open | W | L | T | Pf | Pa | Pd | Pts |
| Utah Barbarians | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 21 | 72 | 8 |
| Mambas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 28 | 42 | 8 |
| Coastal Dragons | 2 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 42 | 19 | 7 |
| Fullerton Lady Lions | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 5 |
| Idaho Grey Wolves | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 82 | -55 | 5 |
| Furies Rugby | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 82 | -61 | 3 |
