International Rugby News
BOULDER, Colo. (USA Rugby Release) – The USA Men's Eagles will welcome two more international opponents to the United States this June, hosting tests in San Jose, Calif., and Sacramento as part of the 2016 Summer Series.
In this opinion column, Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff turns a critical eye toward the USA Men's 7s team, and why he believes they can, and should, do better.
In this business, it’s easy to get caught up in the negative; it’s easy to just see the mistakes and miss the mitigating factors or the good things.
Fiji leads the Men's Sevens World Series after a dramatic victory over Australia in Last Vegas.
Australia led 15-0 on an extremely windy March 6 afternoon, but the Fijians came back with three converted tries to win the game, an especially poignant moment given the devastation that Cyclone Winston had wreaked over the nation of Fiji in late February.
The pools for the Sevens World Series tournament in Vancouver, BC March 12-13 have been announced.
The USA is in the Pool of Death with New Zealand, England (who finished tied for last in Las Vegas but are better than that), and always-difficult France.
Here are the pools:
Pool AFiji
Kenya
Samoa
Portugal
Fiji defeated the USA 21-14 in the semifinals of the USA 7s in Las Vegas, taking advantage of a series of uncharacteristic USA mistakes.