International Rugby News
USA Rugby Announcement - Chula Vista, Calif. – Men’s Eagles Sevens Head Coach Mike Friday has made his final roster selections for the 2014-15 World Rugby HSBC Sevens World Series.
The USA Selects and Uruguay Teros have named their lineups to face each other Thursday evening at Old Christians Rugby Club.
The game will kick off at 7:15pm Uruguayan time, which is 6:15pm ET, 3:15pm PT.
The referee will be Juan Sylvestre.
The USA Selects play Uruguay on Thursday after a five days of training in Florida in this, the first outing for the USA program in a World Cup year.
Head Coach Mike Tolkin doesn’t have his overseas players for this tour, but this is an opportunity for players working their way into the Eagles’ RWC squad to get more playing time.
The USA’s first win against Canada (in the '14-'15 series) couldn’t have come at a worse time for the tournament host. After falling four points shy in the teams’ pool play match, the Eagles dug deep for a 19-12 victory over Canada in the Plate final. It was an exhausting, emotional triumph over a familiar opponent, and the Eagles earned it.
In this latest edition of the RuggaMatrix America podcast, Alex Goff looks at the USA Selects team going to South America, and welcomes squad captain Phil Thiel who talks Eagles, World Cup Preparation, domestic competition, and where it all started in Traverse City, Mich.
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