GRR: HSAA
High school rugby has seen a few changes over the past year and the past decade, most of it good as more teams and more players are playing a decent-to-good level of rugby.
Most of the news is good news, but all of the new is a story, and we wanted to look at the biggest and most important stories in the high school game.
Canada U18s and the USA HS All Americans split their games Saturday, and in both games the Canadians started strong, only to have to deal with a USA comeback.
The USA Blue comeback succeeded, while USA Red retook the lead only to fall to a late penalty goal.
The USA HS All Americans’ 2-1 day at the World School 7s was a surprise.
Regardless of how the tournament ends, it has to be considered something of a success given expectations.
The USA High School All Americans
In the opener the HSAA team took on the defending World School 7s Champions the New Zealand Condors.
HSAA vs NZ CondorsThe Condors struck first but it was very slow going as the Americans made some key try-saving tackles—Lucas Lacamp and Peyton Wall logging some impressive defensive efforts.
The HS All Americans team will kick off the World School 7s Thursday afternoon US time, which is Friday morning in New Zealand, and today they finished up training, had a swim, and got their jerseys.
The players have been working hard getting ready for a very challenging pool which includes Condor New Zealand, Rugby Academy Fiji, and National Indigenous Australia.
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