Astonishing Day for USA Men Gives Them Hope
Going into the final SVNS tournament in Bordeaux this weekend the USA men's team sat 11th, albeit an 11th virtually tied with 10th-place Germany.
If you want to make it to SVNS 1, you need to finish in the top 8, and to do that, in the end, it meant the Eagles need to finish nine points higher than Kenya or France (and it doesn't matter which).
USA 7s Men Have to Play with Confidence, Instinct—Lacamp
The USA men's 7s team has some serious work to do this weekend in Bordeaux.
With Kenya and France having mirrored each other the last two Championship tournaments (one taking 7th the other 8th and then reversing it) those two sit 7th and 8th, tied at 14 standings points.
TOA Unity Brings Home Tropical 7s Title
TOA won the Boys Elite U18s at Tropical 7s, beating Rebel Rugby Academy 26-10 in the final.
The key, said Coach Greg Turpen, was cohesion.
"The family and administrative unity spread into our team and extended well beyond the field," said Tupren. "Behind the scenes, our support team, families, and coach handled things seamlessly. It was pretty cool."
Tropical 7s Back for East and Keeps Growing
The Tropical 7s returns for Easter Weekend with 17 divisions and over 220 teams in action.
“We’re still growing and we are getting a lot of demand in certain divisions, especially Boys and Girls U18 Open divisions, and the U14 divisions,” said Tournament Director John Siner.
Eagle Women Claim Elusive Podium Finish With Emphatic Win
After playing in three straight tournaments in which they finished fourth, the USA women's 7s team got over that particular hump with a solid Day Two in Vancouver to take 3rd.
USA Head Coach Emilie Bydwell and captain Kristi Kirshe had, this week, discussed the issue of going 0-2 on Day Two and how that was something they wanted to avoid.
