GRR: National Teams
USA Rugby Men’s High Performance Pathways are gearing up for another key assembly this holiday break, with the annual Winter Talent ID Camp scheduled for Dec 26 - 31 at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista.
A win and some tension punctuated the USA U18 Boys Day One at the Global Youth 7s.
The Americans won their first game comfortably despite not kicking a single conversion, and ended the second game opting not to take a conversion, hoping for a comeback.
It was a good day for the USA U18 Girls team at the Global Youth 7s, as the squad finished the day 2-0 in Auckland, New Zealand.
The Global Youth 7s is set to kick off on Thursday afternoon Eastern Time, with eight North American teams in action.
USA U18s
The USA U18s program has two teams in New Zealand, with the USA U18 Girls and USA U18 Boys.
In 2023 the USA teams did quite well in this tournament and set up some players for higher honors.
GRR Editor Alex Goff caught up with USA Men's 15s Head Coach Scott Lawrence in a chilly Spartanburg, SC Sunday to discuss several topics.