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Written by RUGBYMag Staff    Sunday, 28 August 2011 18:53    PDF Print Write e-mail
August 2011 Scores
Scores-Standings-Stats - 2011 Scores

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August 27
NASC 7s Women
Pacific Coast 38-0 South
West 26-7 Midwest
USA Dev 19-7 Southern Cal
Northeast 21-5 MARFU

Plate Semis
MARFU 37-0 South
Southern Cal 26-5 Midwest

Cup Semis
Pacific Coast 15-0 Northeast
USA Developmental 24-7 Wes
t

7th Place: Midwest 30-0 South

Plate Final:
Mid-Atlantic 10-7 SoCal

3rd/4th:
Northeast 15-0 West

Cup Final
Pacific Coast 34-17 USA Developmental

NASC 7s Men
Pacific Coast 26-0 MARFU
West 17-12 South
Northeast 24-7 All Americans
Southern California 10-5 Midwest

Plate Semis:
MARFU10-7 Midwest
All Americans 22-14 South

Cup Semis:
SoCal 19-14 Pacific Coast 
West 24-7 Northeast

Plate Final:
All Americans 33-12 MARFU

7th/8th:
Midwest 19-12 South

3rd/4th
Pacific Coast 41-5 Northeast

Final:
SoCal 19-7 West

Big Ten 7s
MSU 22-7 Minnesota
Purdue 12-7 Wisconsin
Iowa 34-7 Ohio State
Minnesota 27-7 Nebraska
Penn State 34-10 MSU
Nebraska 22-7 Penn State
Ohio State 14-14 Purdue
Wisconsin 28-14 Iowa
Wisconsin 33-7 Ohio State
Iowa 22-17 Purdue

Plate Semis:
Minnesota 29-26 Ohio State
Purdue through

Cup Semis:
PSU 19-14 Iowa
Wisconsin 28-0 Nebraska

Cup Final
Wisconsin 21-14 Penn State

Men DII Club
Denver Harlequins 40-15 Denver Queen City

August 26
Men DI Club

Buffalo 3-46 Cincinnati Wolfhounds
Columbus 12-50 
Detroit Tradesmen

Women DI Club
Chicago 23-8 North Shore


NASC 7s Women

MARFU 24-0 Southern California
Pacific Coast 19-10 Midwest
USA Dev 12-10 Northeast
West 29-15 South

MARFU 15-7 Midwest
Pacific Coast 35-0 Southern Cal
USA Dev 36-0 South
West 12-5 Northeast

Pacific Coast 12-5 MARFU
Northeast 29-0 South
USA Developmental 28-5 West
Midwest 22-10 Southern Cal

NASC 7s Men
Pacific Coast 20-14 SoCal
South 22-12 Northeast
All Americans 27-5 Mid-Atlantic
West 36-5 Midwest

Pac Coast 39-7 South
Southern Cal 29-0 Northeast
West 21-0 Mid-Atlantic
All Americans 24-14 Midwest

Pacific Coast 50-5 Northeast
SoCal 14-12 South
Midwest 22-5 MidAtlantic
All Americans 26-7 West

August 21
USA 14-20 Japan

August 20
Canadian Championships
Ontario Blues 41-7 Atlantic Rock
BC Bears 23-35 Prairie Wolfpack

August 13
Friendlies
Classic Eagles 14-10 Classic Canada

Women's Nations Cup
USA 29-9 South Africa

August 10, 2011
USA Selects 58-10 Glendale Raptors

August 9, 2011
Women's Nations Cup
South Africa 26-23 USA

August 7, 2011
Women's Club 7s Championships
Quarterfinals
NOVA 19-7 Atlanta
Berkeley 24-7 Glendale
Boston Belles 7-0 San Diego
DC Furies 20-12 Philadelphia

Semifinals
Berkeley 36-5 DC Furies
Boston Belles 17-7 NOVA

Final: Berkeley 36-0 Boston Belles

3rd Place: NOVA 12-7 DC Furies

Consolation Semifinals
San Diego 24-10 Atlanta
Glendale 7-5 Philadelphia

5th Place: Glendale 12-5 San Diego

7th Place: Atlanta 20-19 Philadelphia

9th Place: Seattle 19-5 Belmont Shore

Men's Club 7s Championships

Cup Final
Belmont Shore 37-14 Schuylkill River

Cup Consolation
Utah 26-7 Youngbloodz

Plate Final
Chicago Lions 33-7 Marist Hawaii

Plate Consolation
Middlesex 19-12 Exiles

Bowl Final
SFGG 22-5 Boston

Bowl Consolation
Atlanta 34-7 Denver

Cup Semis
Schuylkill 24-22 Utah
Belmont 17-12 Youngbloodz

Plate Semis
Marist Hawaii 19-12 Middlesex
Lions 14-12 Exiles

Bowl Semis
SFGG 19-14 Denver 
Boston 12-10 Atlanta

Bowl Quarterfinals
SFGG 33-7 New Orleans
Denver 28-5 Pittsburgh
Atlanta 22-10 OMBAC
Boston 15-12 Glendale

Cup Quarterfinals
Schuylkill River 29-15 Middlesex
Youngbloodz 22-21 Exiles
Utah 40-5 Marist Hawaii
Belmont 14-7 Chicago Lions



August 6
RWC Warmup Test Match
Canada 28-22 USA

Women's Club 7s Championship
Pool A
NOVA 37-0 Belmont Shore
NOVA 29-0 Philadelphia
NOVA 14-0 Boston Belles
NOVA 12-5 Berkeley
Berkeley 24-24 Boston Belles
Berkeley 50-0 Belmont Shore
Berkeley 32-0 Philadelphia
Boston Belles 31-0 Philadelphia
Boston Belles 38-0 Belmont Shore
Philadelphia 33-17 Belmont Shore

Pool B
San Diego 17-17 DC Furies
San Diego 24-0 Seattle
San Diego 10-10 Atlanta
San Diego 24-5 Glendale
DC Furies 27-5 Atlanta
DC Furies 17-12 Glendale
DC Furies 24-0 Seattle
Glendale 29-0 Seattle
Glendale 21-5 Atlanta
Atlanta 15-0 Seattle

Men's Club 7s Championship

Pool A
Utah Warriors 28-5 Glendale
Chicago Lions 26-12 SFGG
SFGG 0-5 Utah Warriors (22-19 SFGG win but forfeit on illegal sub)
Chicago Lions 31-7 Glendale
Utah 12-5 Chicago Lions
SFGG 29-7 Glendale

Pool D
YoungBloodz (Eastside ) 12-10 Denver Barbarians
Schuylkill River 24-5 OMBAC
Schuylkill River 21-12 YoungBloodz (Eastside)
Denver Barbarians 10-5 OMBAC
Schuylkill 21-14 Denver Barbarians
YoungBloodz (Eastside) 21-5 OMBAC

Pool C
Woodlands Exiles 19-5 Pittsburgh Harlequins
Middlesex 33-7 Atlanta Old White
Atlanta Old White 38-7 Pittsburgh Harlequins
Atlanta Old White 24-24 Woodlands Exiles
Middlesex 17-7 Pittsburgh
Woodlands 22-5 Middlesex

Pool B
Belmont Shore 24-7 Marist Hawaii
Boston 19-7 New Orleans
Belmont Shore 48-7 Boston
Marist Hawaii 17-12 New Orleans
Belmont Shore 43-0 New Orleans 
Marist Hawaii 17-17 Boston

August 5
Women's Nations Cup - Round 2
England 46-8 South Africa
Canada 35-17 USA

August 2
Women's Nations Cup - Round 1
England 15-11 USA
Canada 52-17 South Africa



 
Written by Pat Clifton    Tuesday, 02 August 2011 18:36    PDF Print Write e-mail
Nationals a New Height for Youngbloodz
Sevens - Club Sevens

Youngbloodz, a mostly-collegiate conglomerate out of Minneapolis, will make its debut at the Club 7s National Championships Saturday.

The five-year-old club, which finished second in the Midwest to the Chicago Lions, is the creation of Samoan coach Sam Robinson.

“Its good for the kids, and that’s the reason why I did it,” he told RUGBYMag.com about forging Youngbloodz. “It took me five years to put it together to make it to Nationals, and it’s great for the kids.”

When Robinson says kids, he’s not kidding. The elder statesmen on the Youngbloodz roster are 26, and Robinson estimates the rest of the lineup is 22 or younger.

One of those youngsters, who is a difference maker on the pitch, is Nate Augsperger, the diminutive scrumhalf from the University of Minnesota.  

“He’s such a little, little guy,” said Robinson of Augspurger. “He’s very small, he’s very tricky, he’s got a good step, he’s got good passing both sides, and that makes him a very creative player. That makes him a playmaker. He’s probably 5’4” or something, but what he does is what a 6’4” player would do.”

Another standout is Garrett Bender, a scholarship football player at St. Cloud State. Like most everyone who’s begun with Youngbloodz since the team’s inception, Bender had never played 7s before joining the club, but Robinson has molded the sizeable athlete, whom he coached in high school, into a game breaker.  

“(This summer) was his first year playing 7s, and he’s one of my go-to guys,” said Robinson. “He plays prop. He’s probably a 6’2” - 6’3” guy, 230 pounds. He’s a good athlete. He’s an attacker. He’s got good tackling. He’s quick.”

Though Augsperger and Bender stand out in the powder blue kit of the Youngbloodz, Robinson says it’s the selflessness of the team that’s their biggest strength.

“We play as a team. We respect each other, is what I started off with, and that was my main focus --  just putting together this group of guys and tell them every training, every game just respect each other. We don’t have any stars…We just play as a team and we respect each other.”

Youngbloodz is joined in Pool D by OMBAC, Schuylkill River and the Denver Barbarians. 

 
Written by Alex Goff    Tuesday, 02 August 2011 17:54    PDF Print Write e-mail
Hawaii Selects Still a Mystery Team
Sevens - Club Sevens

USA hopeful Dusten Umeda leads the Hawaiian contingent.Is there any more mysterious team at the National 7s Championships than the Hawaii Selects? Hard to think of one.

The Hawaii RFU pushed for a chance to play at nationals in 2010, traveling to the Pacific Coast tournament only to find out at the 11th hour that they could not participate. This year, they skipped that step, getting a dispensation from USA Rugby to enter a team directly into the national tournament.

Certainly the travel from Hawaii is hard enough once, but asking such a team to do it twice within two weeks would have been too much for these players.

The team that arrives in San Francisco on Wednesday will be a varied and athletic one. Registered under Marist Hawaii but playing as Hawaii Selects, the team from the Five-Oh state features several athletes with plenty of potential. Drake Miller is a young, very quick talent, Junior Tufuga, and on Emani Vaimasaanuu, a youngster who coach Sialofi Fuatogi said reminds observers of thunderous Samoan forward Alafoti Fa’aolsiliva.

What that means is that they have power as well as pace, and will be prepared for a physical battle this weekend at Treasure Island.

The most well-known Hawaii player is likely Dusten Umeda, who attended one of the USA 7s camps. At that camp he was told to pick up his conditioning, and he has done that.

“Dusten is the fittest guy on the team,” said Fuatogi. “And he’s still very quick. I think we’re going to bring a team that can compete, and will play well. We’re going there early to make sure we’re acclimated and ready to play.”

They are still a bit of a question-mark, but several of the Hawaii Selects  players will be more well-known after this weekend.

 
Written by RUGBYMag.com News Release    Tuesday, 02 August 2011 17:58    PDF Print Write e-mail
Serevi Camp Partners with World Rugby Shop
Colleges - Camps & Clinics

Seattle - Serevi Rugby today officially announced a partnership with World Rugby Shop, the first phase of which has World Rugby Shop sponsoring all of this summer’s Serevi Rugby youth camps and its August 2011 Serevi Rugby Academy with Gordon Tietjens. World Rugby Shop will provide Serevi Rugby camps with youth kits, balls and hard goods and provide co-branded youth and Serevi Rugby Academy apparel. 

“World Rugby Shop is proud to partner with Serevi Rugby on rugby development, all the way from beginning training right through to elite play,” says World Rugby Shop CEO Bernard Frei. “As a company, we have long been committed to growing the youth game and to supporting promising players, and Serevi Rugby programming – at both youth and elite levels – shares these goals. With a legendary player and coach like Waisale Serevi at the helm, these camps promise to be engaging and highly instructional. This is precisely the kind of programming World Rugby Shop wants to support.”

Serevi Rugby’s three- to four-day rugby youth camps have run in Bellevue (July 5-8), South Seattle (July 11-14), West Seattle (July 18-20), and North Seattle (July 25-28). Serevi Rugby youth camps are aimed at introducing players to rugby while focusing on fun and fitness. Participants are segmented by age and ability, with players under age 14 playing non-contact rugby and those over 14 playing according to standard International Rugby Board (IRB) rules. Serevi Rugby Director of Coaching and Old Puget Sound Beach Head Coach Evan Haigh coached alongside Serevi, and were joined by a group of experienced assistant coaches.

The August 14-21, 2011 Serevi Rugby Academy will be run at Starfire Sports and is targeted at promising rugby players ages 18-24. New Zealand All Blacks Coach Gordon Tietjens will coach alongside Serevi and Haigh. Players that have already signed up include Utah’s Don Pati, Notre Dame’s Christopher Pesigan, Central Washington’s Tim Stanfill, and Arizona’s Peter Tiberio, as well as USA 7’s players Miles Craigwell and Nu’u Punimata.

USA Sevens National Coach Al Caravelli has stated his intent to scout talent at the Academy’s August 20th tournament. Serevi and Tietjens intend to run the camp as they would for their national teams, and focus on fitness, core skills and decision making. 

Full details on the Serevi Rugby Academy may be found at www.serevirugby.com. Serevi Rugby apparel may be found at www.worldrugbyshop.com.


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Headquartered in Seattle, Wash., Serevi Rugby is a company focused on promoting the sport of rugby worldwide and developing it more broadly in the United States. Serevi Rugby offers fun and impactful youth camps, high-quality coach and training programs, and national academies for high-performance athletes. More information is available at www.serevirugby.com.


 
Written by Alex Goff    Tuesday, 02 August 2011 17:37    PDF Print Write e-mail
Caravelli Assesses 7s Summer
RUGBYmag Premier - Profiles and Interviews

It’s been an exciting and competitive summer 7s season, but is that enough to produce players capable of playing in the Pan-Am Games in October?

 


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