4th, But Potential Elusive
In this opinion column, Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff turns a critical eye toward the USA Men's 7s team, and why he believes they can, and should, do better.
In this business, it’s easy to get caught up in the negative; it’s easy to just see the mistakes and miss the mitigating factors or the good things.
Fiji Wins in Vegas, Tops Standings
Fiji leads the Men's Sevens World Series after a dramatic victory over Australia in Last Vegas.
Australia led 15-0 on an extremely windy March 6 afternoon, but the Fijians came back with three converted tries to win the game, an especially poignant moment given the devastation that Cyclone Winston had wreaked over the nation of Fiji in late February.
Canada 7s Pools Announced
The pools for the Sevens World Series tournament in Vancouver, BC March 12-13 have been announced.
The USA is in the Pool of Death with New Zealand, England (who finished tied for last in Las Vegas but are better than that), and always-difficult France.
Here are the pools:
Pool A
Fiji
Kenya
Samoa
Portugal
Eagles Fumble Chance at Final
Fiji defeated the USA 21-14 in the semifinals of the USA 7s in Las Vegas, taking advantage of a series of uncharacteristic USA mistakes.
Eagles 7s to LV Semis
The USA is in to the Cup semifinals after putting together most of the sort of performance they will need going forward.
The Eagles, playing without injured Maka Unufe, got two tries from Martin Iosefo, and a massive game from Danny Barrett to beat Kenya 26-14.
