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The growth of the US Sevens team is well documented. This is in no small part due to the leadership of head coach Mike Friday. Friday has been key to guiding the men’s team to unprecedented tournament victories. This is Texas Rugby’s Grant A. Cole, correspondent and rugby evangelist, goes so far as to say […] READ MORE
Rugby in the Americas is set to take the professional age again. Scheduled to kick off in spring 2018, Major League Rugby is coming. Big name teams are already signing on, with some serious talent coming in. That said, Major League Rugby does have some serious hurdles to overcome first. There are historic failures of […] READ MORE
The legacy of New Zealand Sevens star DJ Forbes is irrefutable. Eleven years, 512 World Series Games, 89 World Series tournaments, 153 Tries. Impressive stats in anyone’s language. Yet this alone does not define the history of the great DJ Forbes, who early last week announced his retirement from International Sevens Rugby. Forbes was a […] READ MORE
Kyle has had a number of years writing rugby for Last Word on Sport as well as a stint as the Media Manager for Tonga Rugby during the Rugby World Cup 2015. Kyle is based in the Lower North Island of New Zealand and has a diverse range of sporting tastes, actively following rugby in the Americas as well as NFL, NHL, MLB, motorsport and soccer.