GRR: National Teams
A new era begins for the USA women’s 7s team tonight as they take on Great Britain, Spain, and France between midnight and 750AM ET.
As expected, several veterans from the last Olympic cycle are taking time off either because of nagging injuries, retirement, or just some time off.
Already it's clear that the PR7s All-Star Tournament was a massive success.
Putting PR7s All-Stars up against a provisional USA team was an important test for all of those players. This was especially true given that the PR7s All-Stars also had USA hopefuls on their squads.
For the men's teams, new USA Coach Simon Amor got a chance to see how young players competed.
Madrid, Spain—The USA Men's 15s team held on for a tough 26-23 victory over Spain Saturday in Madrid, overcoming an early deficit and a late Spanish surge to end their November tour 3-0.
USA Men's Head Coach Scott Lawrence has made five changes to the starting lineup set to face Spain this coming Saturday.
The USA produced one of their best performances in recent years and their best showing against Tonga since 1999 in defeating the ‘Ikale Tahi 36-19 Saturday in Chambery, France.