International Rugby News
The USA Men's 7s team for Rio will be announced officially on Sunday, and it's been a tough road to pick that group of 12 players.
For many fans, there are likely to be some no-brainer - Perry Baker was on the World Series Dream Team; Madison Hughes is the captain; Danny Barrett is a special breed of monster the USA needs.
The High School All Americans were superbly impressive in defeating the British Columbia U18s 48-0 Wednesday at the campus of the University of British Columbia.
The HSAA team shut out their counterparts, something the players said they took great pride in.
“We really wanted that zero,” said hooker Oscar Ockomichalek. “That was more impotent to us than anything.”
Canada beat France 29-10 and England beat the USA 38-13 to finish off the women's Super Series Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah.
USA Rugby HS All American Head Coach Salty Thompson has named his HSAA West team to travel to British Columbia to play the BC U19s.
This is a different group from the squad that toured Ontario last week. Thompson drew players from the Western regional all-star tournaments for this trip, and added in Sim Mander, a HSAA veteran who attends school in England.
USA WNT 15s Coach Pete Steinberg has named his lineup to face England for the final weekend of the Super Series.
This will quite possibly be a very close game, as England lost big to Canada and edged France, while the USA lost nit quite as big to Canada and lost close to France.