USA Forced to Make Squad Moves for Vancouver
Not only with the USA 7s team be without Carlin Isles this weekend, but injuries have struck additional players.
Isles to Miss Vancouver to Run
USA 7s team wing Carlin Isles will not be with the team in Vancouver, because he is hoping to qualify for the USA Track and Field team as a sprinter and become a double Olympian.
4th, But Potential Elusive
In this opinion column, Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff turns a critical eye toward the USA Men's 7s team, and why he believes they can, and should, do better.
In this business, it’s easy to get caught up in the negative; it’s easy to just see the mistakes and miss the mitigating factors or the good things.
Fiji Wins in Vegas, Tops Standings
Fiji leads the Men's Sevens World Series after a dramatic victory over Australia in Last Vegas.
Australia led 15-0 on an extremely windy March 6 afternoon, but the Fijians came back with three converted tries to win the game, an especially poignant moment given the devastation that Cyclone Winston had wreaked over the nation of Fiji in late February.
Canada 7s Pools Announced
The pools for the Sevens World Series tournament in Vancouver, BC March 12-13 have been announced.
The USA is in the Pool of Death with New Zealand, England (who finished tied for last in Las Vegas but are better than that), and always-difficult France.
Here are the pools:
Pool A
Fiji
Kenya
Samoa
Portugal
