International Rugby News
The USA v New Zealand test match looks set to be a massive financial windfall for USA Rugby.
tickets sales have topped 40,000 and are expected to go above 50,000 before kickoff November 1 at Soldier Field in Chicago. This game was a bit of a risk for USA Rugby, but it appears, at present, to have paid off with easily the biggest paying crowd at an American rugby event.
The new Men’s USA 7s High Performance Camp is supposed to give players exposure to the new USA coaching staff, and it will; it might also put existing camp members on notice.
Some things you might not know about Bob Latham:
He’s a top media lawyer from Dallas.
He was a longtime wing and flyhalf for the Dallas Harlequins.
He writes regularly about sports, and has written a book, Winners & Losers.
He was for years not only the rugby representative to the US Olympic Committee, but the representative for all of the emerging sports.
Mike Friday is going to be announced officially as the new USA Men's 7s Head Coach next week, according to reports by ESPNScrum and The Rugby Paper.