International Rugby News
Rugby International Marketing's The Rugby Channel sent a letter to its subscribers apologizing for streaming issues this past weekend.
Fans watching the USA play Italy saw their screen freeze at times and also had the game end with no video - just audio.
Spain is the final country to qualify for the Olympics in Men's Rugby 7s, after the Lions defeated Samoa in dramatic fashion in the repechage tournament this weekend in Monaco.
Spain wasn't expected to win, but did so with superb teamwork. As captain Pablo Feijoo said, "we are not the fastest or the strongest, but we play as a team."
Several USA players have said this weekend that Saturday’s game again Italy was the true beginning of the John Mitchell era.
The reasoning is fairly logical - this was the first game where Mitchell got to pick his own players, as he was hired too late to do that in the Americas Rugby Championship in February.
Will Holder’s performance at fullback for the USA Saturday was a nice highlight for player, team, and fans.
The former West Point All American is in the USA 7s program, and has been capped at flyhalf, but looked very much at home in a #15 jersey.
“It was fun,” Holder told Goff Rugby Report. “It was a great new experience, and the guys made it easy for me.”
Wings Leonardo Sarto of Italy and Taku Ngwenya of the USA both left the field after four minutes on Saturday with nasty head injuries.
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