International Rugby News
The new format for the Hamilton 7s may have rankled some, OK, pretty much everybody, but the USA Women's 7s team can really only blame themselves for not making the top four.
The World Sevens Series is back with the Hamilton 7s and another change in the format.
Instead of sending the top two teams from each pool to the quarterfinals, only the pool winners will go on to the Cup Semis.
Changing the formats—earlier the new plan had teams that lost in the quarterfinals get no more games—is so men and women can fit in the same venue at the same time.
Bruce McLane checks in with Alex Goff and Goff poses the question: why do non-US-college players outnumber US college alums on the men's Eagles?
And further, are we making mistakes on what kinds of players we put on the national team, or even MLR teams?
It's a wild journey through MIT on YouTube, college recruiting, MLR signings, and more.
Listen below.
USA Men's 7s HEad Coach has named his squad for the Sydney, Australia and Hamilton, New Zealand 7s tournaments.
Friday has made three changes from the previous tournament with Ben Pinkelman, Martin Iosefo and Marcus Tupuola back in the group.
USA Men's 7s team Head Coach Mike Friday says to expect a few more growing pains as he folds in newer players and players who have had time off.
In a long interview with Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff, Friday acknowledged that the USA's results have not been up where he and the players expect.
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