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Seventeen teams from around the United States and around the world will head to RugbyTown® USA’s Infinity Park August 17-18 to compete in the second annual Serevi® RugbyTown Sevens (SRS) tournament for a winner-take-all purse worth $10,000. Returning for this year’s competition are last year’s surprise champions, the USA Falcons, along with several teams from around the globe.
Additional state-side teams include the Glendale Raptors Olympic Development Academy (ODA), the Las Vegas International Sevens champion Serevi Selects, Combined Northeast ODA, Tiger Rugby, El Azul, USA Falcons and the USA All-Americans. All branches of the U.S. Military will also be represented – the Marines, Navy, Air Force, Army and Coast Guard will all field teams at this year’s SRS tournament.
Waisale Serevi and Ben Gollings are the World’s foremost Rugby Sevens representatives, who through Serevi Rugby, have now dedicated their time and resources to the development of community through a wide range of rugby programming.” – Glendale’s Mayor Mike Dunafon
Adding an international flare to the event will be the Royal Air Force Spitfires, the French Armed Forces, and national teams from Mexico, Bermuda and Cayman Islands. The official rosters of each team are yet to be announced, but fans can expect to see some of the best rugby sevens the United States has to offer during the course of the SRS two-day tournament.
“The All-Americans will bring youth, fitness and enthusiasm, and a very competent coach in Tony Pacheco. Not a whole lot is known about Mexico, and El Azul will bring the pride of Texas onto the pitch against all of their opponents.” – Director of Rugby Operations Mark Bullock