GRR: Women's Sevens World Series
LAS VEGAS (Press Release) – United World Sports, the organizers behind the largest annual rugby events in the United States; and USA Rugby, the national governing body of rugby in America, announce that the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series will return to Las Vegas for 2017, uniting it with the annual USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament, March 3 – 5 at Sam Boyd Stadium.
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (USA Rugby Release) – Women’s Eagles Sevens Head Coach Richie Walker could hand five athletes their HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series debuts at Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens to kick off the 2016-17 season Dec. 1-2.
Eight of the 12 USA men's 7s players from the Rio Olympics have been offered new contacts for the coming season, with an additional four who were not initially on the squad for Rio also getting contracts.
Life could be changing at some point for the USA Men's and Women's 7s teams that train at Chula Vista, Calif.
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) will, in 2017, be handing over administration of the Olympic Training Center at Chula Vista to the City of Chula Vista, and the City has outsourced the administration of the facility to Point Loma Nazarene University.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced Monday that USA Women's National Team hopeful Nia Williams has received a four-year ban for using prohibited substances.