GRR: North American Lions
The Lions went 2-1 in pool play defeating the Central SA Academy 46-0 and the Mako Sharks 43-0. The Central SA team made the final in 2018.
In the final pool match the Lions lost to the Northwest Barbarians in a tight contest 19-14.
The North American Lions completed a solid Day One at the Heidelberg 7s in Germany.
U19 GirlsThe Lions girls split their two games, opening their account with a 29-5 win over Les Gazelles out of France. But a quick turnaround was tough as they lost 22-12 to losing their opening game to Pretentious Bastards out of Netherlands.
The North American Lions 7s touring program will be returning to the Heidelberg 7s in Germany this coming weekend.
This team of players from around North America played in Heidelberg in 2023, with the girls U18 team winning their bracket and the boys U16 team coming third.
It was a day of championships for American teams at the United World Games in Klagenfurt, Austria Sunday as all three brackets the US teams played in were won by the Yanks.
Here's the latest news from the United World Games in Austria.
Utah Lions Girls U18s continued their excellent run of form, beating a very good Rhinos Rugby Academy (also of the USA) 36-7 before shutting out Scotland's Garioch and Czechia's RC Strong Girls 65-0 and 55-0, respectively. This set up the semifinals with three American teams in the final four.
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