BOULDER, Colo. -- After winning a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games in October, the USA Men's Eagle Sevens Team is gearing up for the 2011-2012 HSBC Sevens World Series that kicks off on Friday November 25, 2011 in Gold Coast, Australia.
Team USA's Men's Rugby Sevens team is currently assembled at the Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Chula Vista to prepare for the 2011 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico later this month.
USA Men’s Sevens coach, Al Caravelli, has named three player pools for the 2011-2012 international rugby sevens season: a pool for the 2011 Pan-Am Games; a pool for the 2011-2012 HSBC Sevens World Series; and a developmental squad.
Players from the Men's Sevens pool put in an enormous amount of fitness and skill work in a compressed five day camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. in preparation for the 2011 Pan-Am Games on October 29-30.
(Ian Muir photo) The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced the expansion of the HSBC Sevens World Series, with Japan joining as the ninth venue for the upcoming 2011/2012 Series.
(IRB/Martin Seras Lima photo)Team USA played tough against sevens giants Samoa and Fiji and hosts Scotland in Pool D on Saturday in Edinburgh. They are now set to face Kenya in the Bowl Quarterfinals tomorrow at 3:44 a.m. MDT. Watch live on UniversalSports.com!
