International Rugby News
The High School All Americans U17s defeated the Belgium U17s 31-8 Saturday in the second match of their three-game tour of France and Belgium.
The USA men's 7s team ended up last in their pool at the Japan 7s, but were just nine points away from making the Cup Quarterfinals.
The USA HS All American U17 team put their opening match behind them and in fact put their opening host country behind them.
The schedule perhaps wasn't the easiest for the HSAA U17s, as they had one day to prepare to play the French U17 team. That was tough, as the French kids just picked them apart.
USA 7s Coach Mike Friday will probably not be confused for Clint Eastwood, but he saw the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Hong Kong last week.
The French U17 team have defeated the USA High School All American U17s 65-6 at the Field of Honor at the Centre National de Rugby in Marcoussis, France Tuesday.
With less than 48 hours to prepare the HSAA team had a lot of prep work to fit in in not much time, and battled through the first, and probably toughest, game of their European tour.