GRR: Eagle Men
Time to pass.
As simple as that sounds, it may be the next big thing for the USA Men's 7s team. After years of working on the breakdown and concentrating on using their power to phase-play their way down the field, the Eagles 7s squad, under Mike Friday, should move the ball.
USA Rugby CEO Nigel Melville has confirmed that USA Rugby and the British & Irish Lions are in discussion about having the Lions play in the USA in June of 2017.
The USA Men’s National Team forwards assembly finished up this weekend and Eagles Forwards Coach Justin Fitzpatrick was all smiles.
“It went very well; we’re very, very pleased with it,” said the Seattle Saracens Head Coach. “We were especially pleased with the volume of work we’re able to get through.”
When Ahmad Harajly sat in the USA 7s team meeting to learn who would be going to the Wellington 7s, he knew what to expect; he was wrong.
In this column by Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff, the USA 7s team is examined through the blunt evaluation of its head coach.
So I asked Mike Friday what his thoughts were about his USA 7s team winning the Plate in South Africa, and his answer was, perhaps not surprising, but enlightening.
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