High School Boys
Rebel Rugby pulled off the very difficult task of repeating as Boys U18 Elite champions, although they needed a little good fortune to get there.
Throughout the tournament it became clear that Rebel and the new Next Phase Rugby team were going to face off in some fashion.
Here's a quick look at the Boys brackets in the NAI 7s.
U14s
Toko Malosi, Woodlands, Mountain View, and SacPal are all unbeaten in the U14 Tier II.
Ball movement and speed was the order of the day in Tier I with Atlantis, San Mateo, and Belmont Shore all finishing 3-0.
U16s
Here's our latest list of commits with St. Thomas out of Florida and Thomas More out of Kentucky getting a number of players.
It was a big haul for Babson, too, and they have had a very strong presence on Next Phase Rugby, which sponsors this column.
Some might say the future of American men's rugby will be in ther two tiers of the NAI 7s U16 boys.
Certainly some of that future is there. Tested in a pretty hot crucible in Salt Lake City, these players find out pretty quickly where their weaknesses are.
This U16 bracket includes yet again a team from Guam, eager to challenge themselves yet again.
The NAI 7s Boys U18 competition is in two brackets and both will be hugely competitive.
U18 Boys OpenMany of these teams are club or school teams that play in 15s leagues. Several of these teams, such as Belmont Shore, Elsie Allen, Kansas City Blues, East HS, and Herriman, have played some excellent 7s and some of those have challenged for a title at NAI 7s.