Big US Presence in Global Youth Sevens
Big US Presence in Global Youth Sevens
The Global Youth Sevens Auckland, NZ event is set to kick off tonight USA time.
Three North American boys teams and three North American girls teams are slated for the U18 event.
USA Rugby has a boys and a girls team in action.
Scouting, Funding, and the USA U18 Boys 7s Team
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The Barhaven Scottish team from Canada (Barhaven is a suburb of Ottawa, Ont.) have sent a boys team and Belmont Shore from Long Beach, Calif. have also sent a boys team as well as a girls team. Along with Belmont Shore and USA girls, Pasefika, a touring side from Hawai'i, joins the girls competition.
You can watch the tournament live at globalyouthsevens.rugby.
Day 1 Schedule and Scores are Here: https://www.goffrugbyreport.com/global-youth-7s-schedule-and-scores (to convert to Eastern Time add 6 Hours to the NZ time and then subtract a day. So 4PM on Friday NZ Time is 10PM Thursday Eastern US Time.)
Seven pools of four teams are in the boys competition. The top two from each pool plus the two best third-place teams enter the knockout round of 16. Those first knockout games will be played on Day Two. Day Three will see the quarterfinals, semis, and final, with placement brackets as well. Teams that lose the Round of 16 play for the Plate. The next eight that don't make the Round of 16 play for the Bowl. The bottom four teams play for the Shield.
Six pools of four teams are in the girls competition, with the top two from each pool plus the best four third-place teams making the round of 16. The teams that lose the Round of 16 play for the Plate. The bottom eight play for the Bowl.
| Global Youth 7s Auckland Pools - Boys | |||
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D |
| NEW ZEALAND | NZ CAVALIERS | NEW EDITION | AUSTRALIA |
| BOP WASPS | AJ PALLETS BA RIVER FIJI | RANGATAUA | NSW FIJI (AUS) |
| SYDNEY SEVENS ACADEMY (AUS) | RSA BARBARIANS (AUS) | ALIEPATA COLLEGE (SAMOA) | NZ BARBARAIANS |
| BARHAVEN SCOTTISH (CANADA) | WESTERN BULLDOGS (AUS) | BELMONT SHORE (USA) | NIUE NUKUTUTAHA |
| POOL E | POOL F | POOL G | |
| ASIAN DRAGONS | NZ FIJIANS | AUCKLAND BUCKS | |
| USA | TBR (TONGA) | AUSTRALIAN CAVALIERS | |
| IRON ARMOUR ACADEMY (AUS) | RENEGADES 32 (AUS) | AOTEAROA MAORI | |
| PAKURANGA | EDEN | COOK ISLANDS - NZ | |
| Global Youth 7s Auckland Pools - Girls | |||
| POOL H | POOL I | POOL J | |
| JAPAN | AUSTRALIA | NEW ZEALAND | |
| TBR (TONGA) | AOTEAROA MAORI | CENTRAL STORM | |
| WESLEY COLLEGE | COOK ISLANDS - NZ | NTSA TONGA (AUS) | |
| PASEFIKA - HAWAII | BELMONT SHORE (USA) | NAMBOUR TOADS (AUS) | |
| POOL K | POOL L | POOL M | |
| RUGBY VAULT INVITATIONAL | RENEGADES (AUS) | USA | |
| NZ CAVALIERS | NZ BARBARIANS | NZ FIJIANS | |
| RSA BARBARIANS (AUS) | TAINUI WAKA | AUSTRALIAN CAVALIERS | |
| HIBISCUS COAST | OHANA HOGS (AUS) | NZ DUTCH | |
