GRR: National Teams
LANGFORD, British Columbia – Brian Doyle and Tim Stanfill represent the only two changes made to the Eagles Select XV starting roster by Head Coach Mike Tolkin for the upcoming 2014 IRB Americas Rugby Championship match against Canada ‘A.’
BOULDER, Colo. – USA Rugby has announced that the demand for tickets for the USA v New Zealand game November 1 in Chicago has been so great, that more tickets have been made available.
Reportedly 58,000 tickets have been sold for the test match at Soldier Field, which has a capacity of 61,500.
Additional blocks of tickets have now been opened up for sale.
In recent weeks USA 7s team Head Coach Mike Friday said two things that stuck with me.
One was that the USA team had in recent years just been “participating” in the Sevens World Series. The other was in an interview with The Rugby Paper about the Olympics. He wasn’t talking about the USA specifically - he was more talking about the Great Britain team - but the comments are telling:
GOLD COAST, Australia – The USA Men’s 7s team won the Bowl at Cbus Super Stadium Sunday, running the table on the second day with victories over Japan, Portugal, and France.
The USA was led by Zack Test, who scored seven tries on the weekend and made the all-tournament team. Test crossed the 100 career tries threshold on Saturday.