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Team USA Rugby to Compete in Premier Rugby Sevens All-Star Event

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The post-Olympics boom is spreading to rugby, as USA Rugby and Premier Rugby Sevens announced that the men’s and women’s regional team may engage in PR7’s All-Star Tournament on Nov. 17 in Portland, Ore. Team USA will have their first opposition on American soil since the Paris Games in the summer.
” We’re happy to welcome our Olympic soldiers back to the U. S. in a party of our sport”, Owen Scannell, Premier Rugby Sevens founder and CEO, said in a speech. The PR7s All-Star style allows for high-level opposition as the U.S. national groups prepare to return to foreign competition in Dubai in late November. Portland is a perfect business to enjoy sport’s progress in America, and we’re thrilled to create past with USA Rugby”.

In this brand of sport, groups of seven people compete in short, 14-minute knock matches leading to semifinals, compassion and tournament rounds. For the All-Star occasion, both the men and women of Team USA may face a collection of the team’s best people, including some who competed in previous Olympics.
PR7s, which were introduced in 2021, are the highest levels of union championships that the USA Rugby has sanctioned. All eight of the league’s regions based team play on the same trip under the touring model. The summers of 2025 will be its next year.
According to USA Rugby CEO Bill Goren,” This is a wonderful opportunity for enthusiasts to notice our Athletes back in action and for sports to continue to grow in the United States with our colleagues at PR7s.” ” The PR7s All-Star Tournament did show National sport’s competitiveness and promote our club’s openness and exhilaration”.
The Paris Olympics ‘ enthusiasm and power were just the start of what rugby can do, according to Nigel Cass, World Rugby’s chief events and performance agent, in an email. The Portland Premier Rugby Sevens All-Star Tournament demonstrates the ability and soul that make sport sevens for a captivating game, while also bringing that momentum home. Occasions like this are crucial for inspiring fresh followers, celebrating our Olympians, and highlighting the potential for development in the sport across North America as the U.S. continues to rise as a vital market for sport.
In Paris, 43 men and women players from PR7s competed for 11 federal teams. Among the people, 12 won bronze for the U. S. ( the world’s first prize in rugby sevens ), while five took residence golden for New Zealand and four gold for Canada. The Fiji people’s team, which won gold, had two PR7s companies.
Ilona Maher immediately became a star in the United States thanks to her social media presence and outstanding play in leading the U.S. girls to metal during the Summer Games, which attracted thousands of eyeballs. Maher was chosen to take part in the upcoming year of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars after her app was elevated in Paris.
Michele Kang, the owner of three children’s sports leagues under her Kynisca Sports International umbrella, was forced to contribute$ 4 million over the next four years to the USA children’s rugby sevens team as a result of the growing interest in the sport.
 

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