GRR: Rugby Oregon
There are plenty of high school and youth rugby connections on the USA team slated to play Tonga this afternoon (ESPN3, kickoff 3:30pm ET from Toronto).
It's the second week of 7s action among Boys HS teams in the Pacific Northwest.
The second weekend of the Rughby Oregon 7s season kicks off on Saturday, and in the girls division there's going to be a clash of two teams that rolled through last week's competition.
USA back Troy Hall has been involved with Rugby Oregon for some years now, but this was the first year that he actively took on the state select side, and in doing so he led the team to victory at the Great Northwest Challenge.
The Union Titans are the Rugby Oregon single-school champions after beating Newberg in convincing fashion 46-20 Saturday in the state final.
The victory capped a 12-0 season for Union in which they beat their opponents by more than 35 ten times - the only games where they failed to do so were in shortened games.
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