USA Rugby Women’s Eagles Sevens Dubai Squad The second stop of the HSBC Women’s Sevens Series will be held at Dubai Sevens, Nov. 29-30. The U.S. enters the second of six stops in second place after losing to New Zealand in the Cup Final at the USA Sevens in Glendale, Colorado. This is an Olympic qualifying year with the first four teams in the 2018-2019 Sevens Series automatically qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The team will have two changes from the USA Sevens. Ashlee Byrge, who is in the Women’s Sevens Residency program will debut at Dubai. She…

USA Sevens & Women Eagles Sevens The USA Women’s Eagles finished 4th at the Rugby World Cup Sevens. They beat China an Russia before losing a close match to New Zealand in the Semi-Finals and to Australia in the Bronze Final. This HSBC Women’s Sevens Series serves as an Olympic qualifier. The first four teams atop of the Series standings will automatically qualify for the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020. The other teams must survive regional qualifying tournaments. The USA team will consist of eight seasoned veterans with international experience. There are also three players who will make their debuts…

HSBC Women’s Sevens Series – USA Women’s Sevens USA Rugby Release – by AalinaTabani GLENDALE, CO. – Pools and schedules have today been announced for the HSBC USA Women’s Sevens 2018 tournament in Glendale, new opening round of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series. The international tournament, to be held at Infinity Park from October 20-21, will feature 11 core and one invitational women’s rugby sevens teams as they begin their journey to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The two-day event will see pool play fill Day One as each respective team competes for the chance to…

Women’s Eagles Sevens The Women’s Eagles Sevens will begin the final stop of the 2017-18 HSBC World Sevens Series at Paris Sevens on Fri, June 8. After finishing the Canada Sevens in Langford with a Bronze medal, the United States sits in fifth place with only a points differential separating them from Canada in fourth. The 2018 Paris Sevens tournament will begin on June 8 LIVE on FloRugby. The Schedule and pool play opponents will be announced closer to date. At the Canada Sevens, Alev Kelter scored her 50th try for the Eagles, which was the 500th team try for…

USA Women’s Sevens Update May 9, 2018 –  Sarah Buonopane has replaced Kristen Thomas due to an injury. The USA Women’s Sevens will leave for the Canada Sevens in Langford where they will face Russia, France, and Japan. This is the 4th stop of the 2017-18 HSBC World Sevens Series that will be held on May 12-13. The last stop will be in Paris on June 8-10. At the previous stop in Kitakyushu, Japan, the team captured the Challenge Trophy. View the matches live on The Rugby Channel. At Kitakyushu, the Women’s Sevens went 1-2 in pool play before back-to-back…

Women’s Eagles Sevens Squad for Kitakyushu Sevens It has been a long time since the last stop of the 2017-2018 HSBC Women’s World Series Sevens, the Sydney Sevens January 26-28. During the USA Sevens in Las Vegas, the Women’s Falcons played an exhibition series with number one team in the world, Australia. Richie Walker has named the Women’s Eagles Sevens team for Kitakyushu Sevens April 20-22 (based on Eastern time). The team will leave for Japan one week ahead of the competition. The USA find themselves in 5th place in the Women’s Sevens standing after a 2nd place finishes in…

Women’s Eagles Sevens Dubai Sevens 2017 Squad The Women’s Sevens will look to improve upon their 6th place finish in the final HSBC 2016-17 standings during the 2017-18 season. The team kick’s off the Emirates Airlines Dubai Women’s Sevens Tournament at 3:28 PM ET on Nov. 30 for USA’s first match against France in Pool A. Matches may be viewed through World Rugby TV. In preparing for the Series, the USA had the opportunity to scrummage Argentina in Chula Vista, California. Assistant Coach Jarrod Faul, who coaches the San Diego Surfers, was an asset in helping to prepare the women…