Contracted Women 7s Eagles Named
CHULA VISTA, Calif. – USA Rugby has named the 22 players contracted with the USA Women's 7s team at the United States Olympic Committee's Olympic Training Center in southern California.
Suggitt Out as Women 7s Coach
USA Rugby has dismissed Women's National 7s Coach Ric Suggitt, effective immediately. A replacement is set to be named Wednesday, September 16.
What USA Learned from the Pan-Am Games
(This is an opinion column by Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff). The end of the Pan-Am Games for the USA was not what they wanted.
Canada Women Crush Eagles for Pan-Am Gold
Canada dominated the final of the women’s rugby competition at the Pan-Am Games, defeating the USA 55-7.
The Eagles opened the scoring with a nicely-taken long-range try from Kristen Thomas, but after that, Canada controlled all. They poached brilliantly at the ruck, and either re-won their restarts or pinned the USA deep in their 22 and exerted pressure from here.
Women Pan-Am Latest
Canada and the USA lead the standings in the 2015 Pan-Am Games women's rugby tournament as both went 3-0 Saturday.
Both teams were very comfortable winners. Canada shut out all of their opponents. The Eagles fell behind 7-0 against Agrentina before powering in eight tries to win 54-7.
