LA 7s & LAI
Merry Christmas everyone, how's your Christmas shopping going?
Many people shopping for their loved ones struggle to find that special gift, and often it's less a thing than an experience that can be the best gift.
Enter the LA Sevens.
The USA Women's 7s team's young players made big strides in Cape Town, beating Fiji, Great Britain, and, most notably, Australia to make the final.
USA 31
Tries: Toliver 2, Thomas, Porter 2
Convs: Canett 3
Fiji 0
USA 31
Tries: Toliver, Ramsey, Thomas, Levy
Convs: Canett, Ibarra 2
Round One in the SVNS World Series is done and we're already seeing some changes in how the Series is conducted.
More on that a bit later, but first, let's look at where we stand.
Coming out of Dubai the USA Men's 7s team has to be feeling frustrated.
Already it's clear that the PR7s All-Star Tournament was a massive success.
Putting PR7s All-Stars up against a provisional USA team was an important test for all of those players. This was especially true given that the PR7s All-Stars also had USA hopefuls on their squads.
For the men's teams, new USA Coach Simon Amor got a chance to see how young players competed.