GRR: 7s
Slowly but surely, girls high schools are taking 7s more seriously. Fall leagues are popping up around the country, which is a good thing, because unless you live in Wisconsin or Colorado, there isn’t much 15s being played during this time of year.
Serevi Rugby has signed on as a name sponsor for the Battle in the Bay collegiate 7s tournament.
Atlantis Rugby will host an Individual Testing and Open Rugby Sevens Camp for High School Boys and Girls, Collegiate and U23 Men and Women on Sunday, Sept 21 from 9AM to 4PM.
The camp will be valuable for novice and experienced players alike and is open to any male or female player registered with USA Rugby.
There have been a ton of articles about the quality of play at the Jr Olympics and a ton of fingers being pointed and a ton of reasons offered but I would submit the biggest reason for our failure is the program as a whole, both for 7s and for 15s. What is the root cause, lack of meaningful competition for the HS age and a complete lack of HS age HPD programs.