International Rugby News
Time to pass.
As simple as that sounds, it may be the next big thing for the USA Men's 7s team. After years of working on the breakdown and concentrating on using their power to phase-play their way down the field, the Eagles 7s squad, under Mike Friday, should move the ball.
USA Rugby CEO Nigel Melville has confirmed that USA Rugby and the British & Irish Lions are in discussion about having the Lions play in the USA in June of 2017.
The USA Women 7s team has been in Brazil for four days now, acclimating to Sao Paulo’s humidity and training in intermittent rain, as the second leg of the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series looms ahead. The Sao Paulo 7s will kick off this Saturday, Feb. 7, and the USA will look to improve upon its 7th place finish in Dubai.
The USA Men’s National Team forwards assembly finished up this weekend and Eagles Forwards Coach Justin Fitzpatrick was all smiles.
“It went very well; we’re very, very pleased with it,” said the Seattle Saracens Head Coach. “We were especially pleased with the volume of work we’re able to get through.”
USA Rugby Announcement - BOULDER, Colo. -- USA Rugby and North America Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) announced Friday that the Triangle Sports Commission has been selected to serve as the local host of the 2015 NACRA Sevens rugby tournament on June 13-14, which will be held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.
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