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09.27.2014 - Alex Goff
A New Look for USA 7s Team

So we wanted to know what Mike Friday and Chris Brown would put together as a USA 7s team, and we got hints early on. Now we know.

The hints were that Friday looked for a few more athletes who required some grooming. He looked for height, and rangy runners. One guy he didn’t pick, Garrett Brewer, is still almost the perfect example of the kind of athlete he wanted to look at.

National Teams
09.27.2014 - GRR Staff
Hughes Leads Eagles 7s to Gold Coast

CHULA VISTA, Calif. – USA Men's 7s Head Coach Mike Friday has named his squad to play in the opening tournament of the 2014-15 IRB HSBC Sevens World Series in Australia.

National Teams
09.21.2014 - Alex Goff
USA 7s Team Enters Camp
CHULA VISTA, Calif. – Twenty-eight athletes will get a final opportunity to impress Men’s Eagles Sevens Head Coach Mike Friday this week at the third Men’s Eagles High Performance Sevens Camp of the season. The HP Camp runs Sunday, Sept. 21, through Saturday, Sept.
Int'l News
09.19.2014 - Alex Goff
A Look at USA Rugby's 2013 Finances

USA Rugby’s 2013 tax report is not out yet but the audited financial statement is, and it spells out the story of an organization that is growing.

USA Rugby’s total revenue for 2013 was just under $12.2 million, a massive increase over the years previous, where budgets sat around $8 million. USA Rugby’s 2012 budget was $10,240,934.

National Teams
09.15.2014 - Alex Goff
Are Eagles Ready for 2015?
It seems now we get to say this every four years, which is a good thing - preparation for the Men’s 15s Rugby World Cup appears to be better than last time.

 In 2003, the USA team was in solid form when it arrived in Australia, and the result was a bonus-point victory, and a one-point loss in a year that yielded more victories, seven, than any Eagle team before or since

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