GRR: National Teams
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.
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.”
When Ahmad Harajly sat in the USA 7s team meeting to learn who would be going to the Wellington 7s, he knew what to expect; he was wrong.
(USA Rugby Press release) CHULA VISTA, Calif. – The Women’s Eagles Sevens will continue their 2014-15 World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series campaign next month at São Paulo Sevens, with two substitutes made to the squad that finished seventh in Dubai.