The USA Women's 7s team's young players made big strides in Cape Town, beating Fiji, Great Britain, and, most notably, Australia to make the final.USA 31Tries: Toliver 2, Thomas, Porter 2Convs: Canett 3 Fiji 0 USA 31Tries: Toliver, Ramsey, Thomas, LevyConvs: Canett, Ibarra 2 Great Britain 14Tries: Boatman 2Convs: Brown, Hayward USA 24Tries: Ramsey, Toliver 2, PorterConvs: Canett 2 Australia 19Tries: Hinds, Nathan, M. LeviConvs: Kinds, T. Levi USA 12Tries: Toliver, PorterConvs: Canett New Zealand 26Tries: Miller, Felix-Notham, Tenti, FaleafagaConvs: Pouri-Lane 3 This is a very talented team with a good combination of speed and power, and they also fixed some of their defensive positioning issues from Dubai. Against Australia, they fell behind 19-7, but there were flashes throughout the first 10 minutes that showed that the USA might make something happen. Eagle Women Take 5th in Dubai, Show Potential for More That's when Nia Toliver took over. She scored a try reminiscent of Spiff Sedrick's fend and run against Australia in the Olympics—it wasn't as long a run but it was similar. Toliver has very good acceleration and loves to break tackles, but she also has excellent balance which means when she's hit, she doesn't automatically go down. Kaylen Thomas also has emerged as more than just a runner. She can make tackles and makes good decisions around the breakdown. The one thing she might learn is on Faith Nathan's long run for a try for Australia, Thomas chased her down—Nathan scored anyway but Thomas's desire and effort to chase her was impressive. It was also a little unnecessary—she has to pick her moments to do things like that. Regardless, we saw improvements in decision-making from Rachel Strasdas and Alyssa Porter.

The USA Women’s 7s team’s young players made big strides in Cape Town, beating Fiji, Great Britain, and, most notably, Australia to make the final. USA 31Tries: Toliver 2, Thomas, Porter 2Convs: Canett 3 Fiji 0 USA 31Tries: Toliver, Ramsey, Thomas, LevyConvs: Canett, Ibarra 2 Great Britain 14Tries: Boatman 2Convs: Brown, Hayward USA 24Tries: Ramsey, […]

The USA Women’s 7s team’s young players made big strides in Cape Town, beating Fiji, Great Britain, and, most notably, Australia to make the final.

USA 31
Tries: Toliver 2, Thomas, Porter 2
Convs: Canett 3

Fiji 0

USA 31
Tries: Toliver, Ramsey, Thomas, Levy
Convs: Canett, Ibarra 2

Great Britain 14
Tries: Boatman 2
Convs: Brown, Hayward

USA 24
Tries: Ramsey, Toliver 2, Porter
Convs: Canett 2

Australia 19
Tries: Hinds, Nathan, M. Levi
Convs: Kinds, T. Levi

USA 12
Tries: Toliver, Porter
Convs: Canett

New Zealand 26
Tries: Miller, Felix-Notham, Tenti, Faleafaga
Convs: Pouri-Lane 3

This is a very talented team with a good combination of speed and power, and they also fixed some of their defensive positioning issues from Dubai.

Against Australia, they fell behind 19-7, but there were flashes throughout the first 10 minutes that showed that the USA might make something happen.

Eagle Women Take 5th in Dubai, Show Potential for More

That’s when Nia Toliver took over. She scored a try reminiscent of Spiff Sedrick’s fend and run against Australia in the Olympics—it wasn’t as long a run but it was similar. Toliver has very good acceleration and loves to break tackles, but she also has excellent balance which means when she’s hit, she doesn’t automatically go down.

Kaylen Thomas also has emerged as more than just a runner. She can make tackles and makes good decisions around the breakdown. The one thing she might learn is on Faith Nathan’s long run for a try for Australia, Thomas chased her down—Nathan scored anyway but Thomas’s desire and effort to chase her was impressive. It was also a little unnecessary—she has to pick her moments to do things like that.

Regardless, we saw improvements in decision-making from Rachel Strasdas and Alyssa Porter.