GRR: Eagle Men
USA and former Wisconsin-Whitewater All American Ben Landry will play for the Barbarians Thursday in a clash with Brazil in Sao Paulo.
Officially the Sevens World Series 2019-20 season has started with the USA women's team's thrilling victory in Glendale, but with a two-month break between that tournament and Dubai, really it feels like it all starts in earnest in a few weeks.
World Rugby has announced the shortlists for the prestigious Men’s and Women’s 15s Player of the Year awards for 2019, which will be presented at the World Rugby Awards at The Prince Park Tower in Tokyo, Japan, on 3 November.
Mike Friday has a tough job to do right now.
The USA Men's 7s Head Coach is looking down the short runway through the 2019-2020 World Series season that ends with the 2020 Olympics. If Friday wants his team on the podium—a place they are certainly capable of landing—it has to be firing on all cylinders, and it has to be healthy.
So there it is; the USA is 0-4 in the Rugby World Cup after losing 31-19 to Tonga.
It's been eight years since the Eagles won a game in the World Cup, and in the USA's history, drops to 3-26.
Against Tonga, the Eagles played tough, played with heart, and with some adventure, too. But the Eagles' flaws that showed in March came home to roost in October.