Op-Ed: Reaching African American Rugby Players
It is generally recognized that black men have been playing rugby since as early as 1900, when James Peters played for the Knowle Rugby Club in England. That is a long time ago. Speed up to present day, even a casual viewer would recognize that the top tier teams have all featured black athletes in their starting 15. On the flipside, USA lags woefully behind.
USA 7s Team Ties France
The USA and France tied 21-21 in the opening game for both teams in the Wellington 7s.
The Eagles can points to a couple of key missed tackles, and two restarts that didn't go ten meters for their inability to win the game, but they also got some special plays that brought them back into it.
USA 7s Team Named for Wellington, Sydney
USA Men's 7s Head Coach Mike Friday has picked his squad to play in the Wellington 7s Jan 27-28 and the Sydney 7s a week later.
Column - What We Saw from the Eagles 7s in Dubai and Cape Town
The USA Men’s 7s team finished 9th in Dubai and tied for 7th in Cape Town, winning six and losing five over the course of the two tournaments, but was that all they could do?
Instead of giving you a blow-by-blow account (it’s all on video anyway), I thought I’d give you some observations on where this team is after those first two tournaments, and what I saw.
Eagle 7s Men Picked for Dubai
CHULA VISTA, Calif.(USA Rugby Release plus additional GRR copy) – Four athletes could make their debut on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens or HBSC Cape Town Sevens as part of the 13-player travel squad named by USA Men's 7s Head Coach Mike Friday.
