GRR: National Teams
When Mike Friday made Madison Hughes the captain of the USA 7s team last year, there were, naturally, some concerns.
Hughes was young - still in college - was relatively new to the program, and, you figured, still had a lot to learn. Yet he has blossomed.
The USA Under-20 camp is underway and the first day for what we call the AIG Men’s Junior All Americans was about getting the lay of the land.
The players were put through fitness and athletic testing and then after dinner their day wasn’t done, as they split up into various units to get some offensive basics down.
CASA GRANDE, Ariz.(USA Rugby Release) – USA Rugby has named its list of invitees to the AIG Men's Junior All-American winter camp at the Casa Grande Academy starting Saturday, Dec. 19, and running through Tuesday.
You always have to watch those 50-50 passes; as the saying goes, half the time they don’t work out.
Except when they do work out, we get all excited any everything.
The USA finished up the Cape Town 7s losing 29-19 to Fiji in the Plate Final.
It was an up-and-down Day Two for the Eagles, who finished the weekend 3-3, 6th in the tournament, and tied with Argentina for 3rd in the World Series standings after two tournaments.