GRR: 7s
The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy squad is in Seattle training with the Eagle Impact Rugby Academy Washington team to prepare for the Victoria International 7s.
Goff Rugby Report spoke with some of the players, and got some footage from training camp. Below is a short video report (refresh if you don't see it).
Additional reporting by Owen Goff.
In what used to be a rarity promoted by a few teams, now most men’s clubs competing for a 7s national championship have recruited college players, including underclassmen, to help them.
Almost an afterthought, it seems, is the Pan-Am games, which kicks off its rugby competition in exactly one week.
In 2011, the Pan-Am Games welcomed back Rugby 7s as a competition - albeit men only that time - and the rugby tournament, won by Argentina, was one of the last of the event, allowing the rugby players to see Ricky Martin in person at the closing ceremonies.
CHULA VISTA, Calif. – USA Men's 7s Head Coach Mike Friday has named his squad for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto next week, and he has made some changes.
The Washington state branch of the Eagle IMpact Rugby Academy has named its squad for the Victoria International Youth 7s July 10-11 in the British Columbia provincial capital.