GRR: Eagle Men
Matai Leuta is one of those players who came out of nowhere. The 6-4, 240-lb power runner was one of two players identified in the Men’s 7s Eagles recruitment camp to get invitations to be in residence at the Olympic Training Center. Ahamad Harajly played for the USA team in Wellington before getting more playing time with the Falcons in Las Vegas.
USA Rugby Reports from BOULDER, Colo. – Mike Tolkin’s Eagles will prepare for a three-match tour to South America, the Pacific Nations Cup, and the upcoming Rugby World Cup in England and its buildup matches with a spring camp in Sunrise, Fla., Feb. 26 to March 1.
USA Rugby Announcement, Boulder, Colo. – USA Rugby announced Thursday the dates and locations for the two World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup double-header match days to be held in the United States in 2015.
Danny Barrett may be figuring it out.
The United States 7s forward put in a good weekend’s work in Las Vegas, and with his physical, sometimes fractious play, and wild hair, he has put some in mind of Todd Clever when Clever was the enforcer on the 7s team.
Being brought down to Earth is no fun.
Saturday night was a time of some small measure of euphoria for USA fans, and the players at the USA 7s. The Eagles were in the Cup Semis, and they could win the tournament.