GRR: National Sevens Youth Rugby Championships
The National Sevens Youth Rugby Championship has Day One wrapped up and there was plenty of drama, well-played rugby, and some surprises, too.
Overall the standard was very high and with 23 teams playing in three brackets every team got to see where they stack up.
The National 7s Youth Rugby Championships kicks off Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio with two days of action, and we've got a look at some teams to really watch out for.
The National Sevens Youth Rugby Championships is set to kick off Saturday, June 12, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Twenty-three U15 7s teams from all over the country will face off at the field of St. Ignatius HS.
The Boys Tier I bracket will see two pools of four teams.
Only a few weeks after the announcement of a national championships for U15 7s teams, the tournament is almost (but not quite) full.
National 7s Youth Rugby Championships Launches
The model of making championship tournaments invitationals seems to have worked, and in this difficult pandemic time, more competitions are looking at the model as a new option, or at least a short-term solution to a difficult problem.