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Mike Friday imparts halftime wisdom to the players. Mike Lee photo courtesy World Rugby.

The USA Men's 7s team lost to Kenya 19-12 in the Challenge Cup semis (what used to be the Bowl semis) of the Wellington 7s.

Perry Baker got a first-half try, but Kenya controlled much of the match, and the Eagles only added to that score late in the game after they were down 19-7 - Madison Hughes scored the second try.

For the USA, it was a somewhat frustrating trip to Wellington. They were hit with injuries - losing Brett Thompson and seeing Martin Iosefo leave the Japan game hurt. However, Iosefo did return for the Kenya game. Little errors put the USA under pressure all during the tournament, and they only really had control of one game - their 24-12 win over Samoa. They tied France in a game where they were very fortunate not to lose, lost competitively to New Zealand, had to come back against a poor Japan team, and then lost to Kenya.

Here are the stats from the Kenya game courtesy of Matt Trenary at Trenarian.Com

Possession

Team Games Opps Opp Rate Gathers Gather Rate
Kenya 1 6 6.0 6 1.00
USA 1 7 7.0 6 0.86


Scoring

Team Tries Try Rate Con Atmpts Cons Con Rate
Kenya 3 0.50 3 2 0.67
USA 2 0.33 2 1 0.50


Opponent Possession

Team Games Opponent Opps Opponent Opp Rate Opponent Gathers Opponent Gather Rate
Kenya 1 7 7.0 6 0.86
USA 1 6 6.0 6 1.00


Opponent Scoring

Team Opponent Tries Opponent Try Rate Opponent Con Atmpts Opponent Cons Opponent Con Rate
Kenya 2 0.33 2 1 0.50
USA 3 0.50 3 2 0.67


Passing

Team Passes Errors Err Rate Opponent Passes Opponent Errors Opponent Err Rate
Kenya 29 1 3.4% 44 2 4.5%
USA 44 2 4.5% 29 1 3.4%


Penalties and Cards

Team Penalties Against Yellow Cards Red Cards Opponent Penalties Opponent Yellow Cards Opponent Red Cards
Kenya 5 1 0 4 0 0
USA 4 0 0 5 1 0


Defensive Contact

Team Contact Opps D Successes D Failures Offloads D Success Rate
Kenya 20 10.0 3.0 7 50.0%
USA 17 11.0 1.0 5 64.7%


Offensive Contact

Team Contact Opps D Successes D Failures Offloads D Success Rate
Kenya 17 11.0 1.0 5 64.7%
USA 20 10.0 3.0 7 50.0%


Scrums

Team Scrums Wins Win % Opp Scrums Wins Win %
Kenya 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
USA 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%


Lineouts

Team Lineouts Wins Win % Opp Lineouts Wins Win %
Kenya 0 0 0.0% 2 1 50.0%
USA 2 1 50.0% 0 0 0.0%


Receiving Kickoffs

Team Kickoffs Opp KO Errors Wins (w/o Errors) Win % (w/o Errors)
Kenya 2 0 2 100.0%
USA 4 2 2 100.0%


Kickoffs

Team Kickoffs Errors Wins Win % (w/ Errors)
Kenya 4 2 0 0.0
USA 2 0 0 0.0


Rucks

Team Rucks Wins Win % Opp Rucks Wins Win %
Kenya 11 10 90.9% 7 0 0.0%
USA 7 7 100.0% 11 1 9.1%