Opening Kick is a segment devoted to bringing you all Eagles and U.S.A. Rugby news in one location.
National Teams:
Leicester have officially announced that Blaine Scully will be staying with the team through the end of the year.
We caught up with Eagles head coach Mike Tolkin to get his thoughts on the camp so far.
The U.S. played Life in a warm-up match that helped get the domestic guys back up to speed.
The Women Eagles were disappointed not to make the Nations Cup final so they came out and took it to South Africa in a 61-5 win in the third place match.
The IRB has announced their Tier II schedule for November. The U.S. is scheduled to play Georgia in Tibilisi and Russia in a place to be determined. This is of course on top of the match-up with the Maori All-Blacks. No word on how World Cup Qualifying fits into this picture.
Club/College:
Seattle-OPSB are the new men's club 7's national champions after going undefeated over two days in Pittsburgh. They down the Denver Barbarians in the final. You can read a full recap of the match and the rest of day two's action here.
Take the jump to read more.
The Berkeley All Blues are the women's champions. They beat NOVA in the final.
In case you missed day one, here is a recap as well as scores.
Rugbymag got thoughts on their wins from the All Blues Irene Gardner and Seattle-OPSB's Mike Palefau.
TIAR correspondent Grant Cole previews the Allied Rugby Conference fall 7's season.
World:
Johnny Wilkinson still tops the Top 14 pay ladder but is closely followed by Jonathan Sexton and Bryan Habana. This comes at the same time that the league is looking for a large television deal.
Fresh off their capture of Benji Marshall the folks in New Zealand are hopeful of luring Sonny Bill Williams back to union.
The All Blacks are ready for an unpredictable Australia that has revamped under Ewen McKenzie.
Could the new scrum laws affect this weekend's Bledisloe Cup? It will be the first time their implemented in a match.
James O'Connor says he won't have any trouble keeping the rules this time.
The Pumas beat up on the New South Wales Barbarians in their final warm-up before The Rugby Championship.
In player movement, Francois Louw has signed a new deal at Bath.
Planet Rugby has their latest edition of Loose Pass. They also preview the ITM Cup.
Tidbits:
In his latest blog post Mark Griffin looked at "Creating a Dynamic Logic Model."
Leicester have officially announced that Blaine Scully will be staying with the team through the end of the year.
We caught up with Eagles head coach Mike Tolkin to get his thoughts on the camp so far.
The U.S. played Life in a warm-up match that helped get the domestic guys back up to speed.
The Women Eagles were disappointed not to make the Nations Cup final so they came out and took it to South Africa in a 61-5 win in the third place match.
The IRB has announced their Tier II schedule for November. The U.S. is scheduled to play Georgia in Tibilisi and Russia in a place to be determined. This is of course on top of the match-up with the Maori All-Blacks. No word on how World Cup Qualifying fits into this picture.
Club/College:
Seattle-OPSB are the new men's club 7's national champions after going undefeated over two days in Pittsburgh. They down the Denver Barbarians in the final. You can read a full recap of the match and the rest of day two's action here.
Take the jump to read more.
The Berkeley All Blues are the women's champions. They beat NOVA in the final.
In case you missed day one, here is a recap as well as scores.
Rugbymag got thoughts on their wins from the All Blues Irene Gardner and Seattle-OPSB's Mike Palefau.
TIAR correspondent Grant Cole previews the Allied Rugby Conference fall 7's season.
World:
Johnny Wilkinson still tops the Top 14 pay ladder but is closely followed by Jonathan Sexton and Bryan Habana. This comes at the same time that the league is looking for a large television deal.
Fresh off their capture of Benji Marshall the folks in New Zealand are hopeful of luring Sonny Bill Williams back to union.
The All Blacks are ready for an unpredictable Australia that has revamped under Ewen McKenzie.
Could the new scrum laws affect this weekend's Bledisloe Cup? It will be the first time their implemented in a match.
James O'Connor says he won't have any trouble keeping the rules this time.
The Pumas beat up on the New South Wales Barbarians in their final warm-up before The Rugby Championship.
In player movement, Francois Louw has signed a new deal at Bath.
Planet Rugby has their latest edition of Loose Pass. They also preview the ITM Cup.
Tidbits:
In his latest blog post Mark Griffin looked at "Creating a Dynamic Logic Model."