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National Teams
09.30.2014 - Alex Goff
Options and Non-Negotiables - Friday Gets 7s Eagles Ready
By now everyone knows that the USA 7s coach Mike Friday and his assistant Chris Brown were going to lay down the standards when they took over the team, and even a cursory glance at the squad - the pictures of how hard they were working, the video - and you know that’s true. The team, said Friday, needed to improve technically, tactically, physically, and mentally, and h
National Teams
09.30.2014 - GRR Staff
USA Star Potter Has Cancer

USA Rugby announced Tuesday that 15s and 7s Women's National Team star Jillion Potter has been diagnosed with Stage III Synovial Sarcoma, a cancer of the joints.

Potter was with the Women’s Eagles in France for the 2014 IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup last month and helped the Women’s Eagles Sevens earn bronze at the 2013 IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia last year.

National Teams
09.29.2014 - Alex Goff
Unufe Poised for Something Special

Maka Unufe’s inclusion in the USA 7s team to the Gold Coast is an important step for the lanky young speedster.

National Teams
09.27.2014 - Alex Goff
A New Look for USA 7s Team

So we wanted to know what Mike Friday and Chris Brown would put together as a USA 7s team, and we got hints early on. Now we know.

The hints were that Friday looked for a few more athletes who required some grooming. He looked for height, and rangy runners. One guy he didn’t pick, Garrett Brewer, is still almost the perfect example of the kind of athlete he wanted to look at.

National Teams
09.27.2014 - GRR Staff
Hughes Leads Eagles 7s to Gold Coast

CHULA VISTA, Calif. – USA Men's 7s Head Coach Mike Friday has named his squad to play in the opening tournament of the 2014-15 IRB HSBC Sevens World Series in Australia.

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