GRR: Maccabi Rugby
The USA has won the Gold Medal at the Men's 15s rugby event at the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The Maccabiah Games are the Jewish Olympics, a multi-national, multi-sport sporting festival that attracts world-class athletes. The rugby competition is a hotly-contested event every four years, and the USA won their first 15s gold medal since 1997.
The USA Maccabia team is into the semifinals of the Maccabiah Games Men's 15s rugby tournament after sweeping their two pool games.
The inaugural class of the Maccabi USA Rugby Hall of Fame will be inducted Friday, March 3, 2017 in Las Vegas alongside the USA 7s World Series tournament.
The inductees are Jeff Ebner (z”l), Craig Levine, Jeff Simon, and Jordan Weinstein.
Chase Schor Haskin was intending to be the starting point for a new Maccabiah USA U18 rugby team to play in the Maccabiah Games, but then a funny thing happened - the senior team figured out how good he is.
Philadelphia, Pa. – The Maccabi USA Open Men’s Rugby squad assembled in Aspen, Colorado this past week to accomplish some specific goals in preparation for their goal of winning two Gold medals at the 20th World Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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