GRR: Eagle Women
USA Rugby has dismissed Women's National 7s Coach Ric Suggitt, effective immediately. A replacement is set to be named Wednesday, September 16.
(This is an opinion column by Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff). The end of the Pan-Am Games for the USA was not what they wanted.
Canada dominated the final of the women’s rugby competition at the Pan-Am Games, defeating the USA 55-7.
The Eagles opened the scoring with a nicely-taken long-range try from Kristen Thomas, but after that, Canada controlled all. They poached brilliantly at the ruck, and either re-won their restarts or pinned the USA deep in their 22 and exerted pressure from here.
Canada and the USA lead the standings in the 2015 Pan-Am Games women's rugby tournament as both went 3-0 Saturday.
Both teams were very comfortable winners. Canada shut out all of their opponents. The Eagles fell behind 7-0 against Agrentina before powering in eight tries to win 54-7.
The New Zealand Black Ferns rode a dominat second half to beat the USA 47-14 in the Women's Super Series in Alberta Sunday, capping off a 3-0 run.
The Eagles led early in the first half and were within a point at the break, but little erros undercut what was a fairly encouraging performance by the United States, and handed victory to New Zealand.