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Two wins and one tie were enough to see the USA men's national 7s team into the Cup Quarterfinals in Hamilton, NZ and keep their streak of good results going. It wasn't all smooth sailing, however, as the Eagles were pushed a little bby Japan and a world class conversion kick from Stephen Tomasin to remain unbeaten. As it was the Americans won their pool, which set them up to
A brilliant first half performance helped South Africa to beat Ireland 21-5 in the final to claim the Dubai leg of the Men's World Rugby Sevens Series.
While Australia defeated Fiji to win the Hong Kong 7s, the USA returns home having finished a pretty creditable 6th. To get to that 6th place the Eagles needed to win one game on Day Three, and they did that, putting in their best defensive showing in the 5th-6th semifinal. Quarterfinals Having finished pool play 2-1, the USA entered the quarterfinals against France. And while
The USA is in the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong 7s after finishing pool play 2-1. The Eagles did lose their final pool game against Fiji, although the 24-0 result wasn’t a typical Fijian avalanche. But then they had already beaten Japan. USA 35 Japan 22 Japan scored right off the kickoff against Fiji, and came very close to doing the game when when Cody Melphy’s kick didn’t
Olympic champions Fiji, Rugby World Cup Sevens winners New Zealand and the current World Rugby Sevens Series leaders South Africa set the pace on the first day of the Canada Sevens in Vancouver.