Highlights: USA back to back champs

Check out all the action as USA successfully defend their USA Sevens title in Las Vegas
#DHLRugby

[@algraham7177]

Although I am not American, I've been a fan of this USA team for the last few years. Really impressive.

[@georgetuisawau4781]

As a fiji rugby fan I would like to say, Congratulations USA for the win. You deserved it.

[@joeskewer9693]

Most consistent team in the current 7's series..congrats USA Eagles from Fiji.

[@onlyone6537]

Well deserved crowned champ....USA sevens team has been an amazing and most improved team so far..they have turned to be a dangerous team for other teams...All the best team USA all the way from the Fiji islands.

[@AE-ix2iz]

Good job eagles! Glad to see the Manu improve despite the loss. Go the Manu!

[@samoanbeast562]

@@OnTopOfTheWorldMediaUSA won cuz we didn't have our Ace Player asuelu 😂

[@AE-ix2iz]

Bryan Hill 😂

[@masicurulala8898]

Congratulations USA..much respect from Fiji

[@theephraimite]

I'm not a fan of USA rugby, but the U.S. does have the money and a big population to be competitive at 15s. That, I cannot deny. It's only a matter of time. How far they will go at 15s, I do not know, but they can be competitive at 15s because they have what it takes to develop.

[@bryanjahava2610]

If Rugby had as much $$$ as Football. Rugby would become an American game.

[@paulhirst3966]

USA's sevens team is looking pretty impressive these days. They must be in the shake up for a medal in the next Olympics in Tokyo. And this was with no Perry baker.

[@isaacurrutia4691]

I was at this game. One of the best experiences of my life

[@mikejazz9400]

Congrats on a great tournament USA 7's. Don't sleep on Samoa they've been patiently building and look like they have the goods to make a run in the next few years.

[@BigBlack81]

I keep telling these folk this very fact: don't sleep on Samoa. They're coming back and Gordon Titjens has got them moving in the right direction.

[@mikejazz9400]

@@BigBlack81 Those same folks forget that only 4 teams have ever won the Series. NZ, Fiji, Sth. Africa and Samoa. Samoa is interesting team, rebuilding their whole 7's program under Titjens. They know how to play, they know what it takes to get back on top. And the youngsters they have are only going to get better.

[@creamcheese7845]

Congrats on being back to back champions from nz. Now if you guys would focus on 15s rugby a bit more would be better for everyone. Good win btw

[@Unknown-uk3kg]

yea and put USD $ invest into rugby make it like NFL lol

[@nguboyengwekaluvuyo6219]

Rugby could be bigger than the NFL in America.

[@jav2680]

Wait so this wasn’t a full team of 15 players? how many players were on each team?

[@jav2680]

Bayanda Jele yea I think rugby is going to bet bigger in the US it’s a really fun sport I like it more than football in some ways and I’m from Chicago

[@GrumpyOldMatua]

First time watching 7s for a couple years and to see USA beat nz and Fiji ? Wow ..come such a long way ..even to hear Polynesian names in the USA side ? ..don’t like losing (proud nzer) but it’s good for the 7s game.

[@Trajan2401]

But the US need to win the only tournaments that really matter in 7s like the world cup and olympics lol.

[@John-pl8fe]

Wow this USA team is awesome. Keep up the good work and win the series.

[@tukstuimaba]

That’s it USA maintain your ground 👏👏well done 👏

[@wayno5655]

Well done USA - classy win. Now hope you grow from here and most esp in the 15's.

[@JayGoonetilleke]

We're are the champions, my friends. Amazing team work for last five years under Coach Mike Friday. All the player paid their dues. Now we need more commercial endorsements for players. I'm taken my bows ✌

[@Mac-lv7gp]

Still can't beat 1 team

[@torrentialdownpour1208]

@@Mac-lv7gp please elaborate

[@stuartburrows2744]

They need trump to tweet haha

[@JayGoonetilleke]

@Lemmy Five Quid Thank you and god bless

[@JayGoonetilleke]

Thank you all your support for U.S Rugby cheers

[@diamandisthrasyvoulou4959]

Bravo USA now is time for the 15 game rugby is the best game on earth from AB supporter i live in Cyprus now and i miss my rugby in NZ hope more people in USA start follow rugby

[@pelekirokovadaa1139]

About time they won a final. Thoroughly deserved.

[@makavelimorales3704]

Congratulations to the Samoa 7s

[@richcollins3490]

Brilliant, congratulations on your well deserved victory.

[@saabaero6211]

when the captain speaks for USA and has a British accent ... 😂😂

[@yeetwchybaban]

Sort of mixed with australian

[@MrMightyMunch]

When the entire northern hemisphere is coached by kiwis

[@FromAgen]

Madison Hughes was born in England, his father is English, and his mother is American, she's from Boston.

[@Coholbell15]

Nz sucks balls hahahhahahah

[@kennykappa9282]

He didn't win the match all on his own, the americans can hold their own in rugby and soccer is viewed as a ladies game!

[@mimoslavich6639]

OMFG! The US team is amazing. You guys need to start being serious about 15's because that would be awesome.

[@bertpatenaude2269]

we already have a rugby league the MLR. opportunity for talent that can not enter the NFL. It's just a matter of time for the Men's Eagles to become Tier-1. Men's Eagles has improved a lot, they are currently tier-2 and are ranked 13th in the WR ranking. it's just a matter of time and patience.

[@tavitela2]

You guys do realise this is Americas best of the best rugby players playing for their 7s side...meanwhile all the tier 1s side have the players who cant even crack their local professional sides to suit up... Like the NZ 7s players are nowhere near the level of the All Black players.

[@TheMrRe]

@@tavitela2 straight up. It's more like a scouts game for players from nz, England, South Africa, Ireland, Australia. And if your lucky you'll make the bench. Then you get your rare Ioane Brothers that play a few games then straight to top side. Lol

[@TheMrRe]

Btw rugby league is a completely different game.

[@laftw93]

tavitela2 yeah and at the same time americas best athletes are in nfl, nba, mlb etc so they are still doing well for themselves

[@deevita7459]

I’m glad you guys beat nz.

[@johnblake8736]

Dee Cns are you aussie haha

[@deevita7459]

john Blake nope nzer

[@MarkWhippy]

I’m half kiwi half Fijian, I back USA over NZ. USA and Fiji are my two favourite teams.

[@johnblake8736]

but hey in all seriousness it is good to see other teams win

[@paulhirst3966]

I agree its good to see other sides taking titles now and again. Im a big admirer of the All Blacks, but its not good for the game if they win all the time.

[@BigBlack81]

And NO PERRY BAKER. Just remember that.

[@MikeyReadman]

NO DANNY BARRETT either. Shows the depth in the squad is growing.

[@seilalatupe1004]

Mate it's working as a team not about those who carries that's what a real team is

[@isaacmondesir1814]

BigBlack81 is he injured?

[@anthonysefo8615]

@@seilalatupe1004 yeah that's the truth

[@Primal-Weed]

Baker should be ready for Hong Kong. Not sure about Barrett.

[@arugbygentlemankirielenko535]

stunning performance by the usa boys to win in style .... not many teams come back from 2 tries down vs nz ..... so the usa is currently #1 ranked 7s team in the world .... who'd have thought that possible a few years ago .... clearly a very talented group with the correct investment led by the indomitable madison hughes and coached by ex england mike friday ..... just as exciting from a global perspective to see samoa back in a final with the likes of argentina, chile and spain becoming more and more competitive and consistent. glorious 7s !

[@t3chn1n35]

Awesome event...congrats USA you deserved it

[@faiyazkhan9598]

Yes USA congratulations champions of 1/2 the world

[@ani_fj8702]

Well done USA 👍👏 frm Fiji

[@anthonysefo8615]

I'm from Australia but USA! USA! USA! USA! only in the 7's but for 15's I go for Samoa, in boxing I go for Britain and Samoa, in ufc I go for Francis ngannou lol

[@hakobbasilfan4644]

Ok this is epic

[@craigrobertson8364]

congrats to the USA! team and country from craignz

[@MarkWhippy]

Well done USA, 5 finals in a row, incredible. Looks like it’s finally their time.

[@Trajan2401]

Still no world cup or gold medal which is all that matters in 7s lol.

[@raymondward3259]

they have come on really well..its great competition

[@Unknown-uk3kg]

samoan Iosefa in USA. breaking the samoan line lol

[@johnlal1413]

usa is becoming a top team nw

[@lachlanu3070]

in 7's yea, still decades behind in 13's and 15's

[@apg0014]

Solid team effort on behalf of the Eagles. Very well done.

[@sherylwhauwhau7966]

Where is my man, Perry Baker, from New Zealand, he's the man, period.

[@willinnewhaven3285]

Great series, covered here by ESPN2 for the last day; no _mention_ of it on Sports Center, although they covered that new minor league for US football and lots of soccer.

[@Richardsonprincess00]

🇺🇸 rocks!

[@moseskamwigu]

Learning that Uncle Sams🤠 are called Eagles today. 🤣🤣🤣. I came to know the New Zealanders are All blacks, Aussies as Wallabies and South Africans as Springboks when i was a toddler. 🤣🤣

[@ricegaddes9028]

Well Done Lads ! ! !

[@PJTheSixFootSixDJ]

Trump should give 'em a Whitehouse Visit. Serve Chick-fil-a & In&Out. Rugby is so much better than other sports on tv here.

[@juniorvila8747]

Malo manu u always number one💪✌💕

[@rickytefe9989]

Congratulations to USA.!!! Everybody is catching up to New Zealand now.

[@Trajan2401]

In 7s NZ win when it really matters like at the world cup for example lol.

[@alexman1006]

Well done USA

[@michaelstrange3056]

@3:50 when you make a scene when you score because you're about to get goose egged.

[@icarusmaximus2790]

ive seenn the USA grow in 7s, epic road!

[@marqstheman]

Actual World Champions 🤣. So cool! Congratulations Eagles 🦅.

[@tyzxcj34]

Way to go USA

[@andthenwhat3506]

Wish Isles gave Baker the thumbs up lol

[@aikalo3103]

Can't wait till the eagles 15s perform like their 7s side. It'll definitely shake up the international stage 😬

[@michaelbekker1204]

Any odds on the USA making a huge impact at the World Cup later this year..?

[@Mr78nozza]

Go USA

[@seilalatupe1004]

Oi sole lol

[@winstonwhite894]

well done USA from an All Blacks supporter

[@AmericanPsycho23]

can't wait till we get that olympic W

[@tomS729]

US was lucky that NZ did the hard work of eliminating Fiji.

[@TheAsiaCentury]

Well done US

[@Zeylah]

Hate our peoples attitudes such sore losers 🤦‍♂️ well done America good win ! 🔥

[@253mikesouth2]

Wow usa doing good

[@LiterallyGod]

Yeeeeeeeeehaw

[@uso_Jus2SmooTh94]

Wow.

[@ernestohostos8594]

Good va me usa good gane and perry baker? What hapened whit he?

[@ThePbZepplin]

Shhhh....we don't want the US to start dominating rugby union

[@seilalatupe1004]

That's algs lol

[@LB_die_Kaapie]

They won’t. This is only 7s. Too much thinking in union for the yanks lol

[@anthonysefo8615]

I don't mind tbh

[@bertpatenaude2269]

Well, if you laugh and mock all you want, sooner or later USA will dominate this sport. It's just a matter of time. Never underestimate the USA.

[@justojust]

bert patenaude Are you drunk or just stupid?

[@josephvanwyk2088]

USA just need to get proper implementation in their schools with regards to rugby, and they will be a FIERCE contended in world rugby. Sleeping giants.

[@theoyancey]

i gotta admit, ive never even realized we had a Rugby team lol I dont even know where the teams play

[@GOLDSMITHEXILE]

serena Williams plays rugby now ?

[@masukuma]

Good day at the office!

[@tamabrightwell4536]

USA were lucky to get that far after losing to Argentina in round two...?...still think it’s a three horse race and Fiji are always best at the Hong Kong 7s...

[@beastmode8895]

To much USA, unlucky USO’s kefs

[@bigjohnson4123]

🤣

[@seilalatupe1004]

Lol

[@TheMrRe]

Lol algood atleast SOME samoans won. 😂😂😂

[@jonyfreston256]

But some Samoans are in their team tho

[@notoriousrogue4639]

"MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY 7'S V'S SUPER RUGBY 7'S"!!..like "CLASSIC FIRE BALL TRIES HOMIE PEACE UP Oi"!!..

[@dharmenchandra9262]

Congratulations team United States. Did not see much of Kurt Baker against USA in the semi final. I suppose he got his thumbs chopped and shuffed at his back. LOL.

[@GOLDSMITHEXILE]

Forward pass @ 3:18

[@Windels_CAD-Learning_Travel]

huge

[@sebbyh9764]

The captain sounds South African

[@harrybaker8008]

Sebby H He’s English

[@zytrik1]

How come that Hughes guy doesn’t sound very American?

[@yonkoladesshaaaygefe3247]

Dam I thought this was the 15 a side. Oh well

[@jwgolf5442]

That Madison Hughes... sounds pretty..ummmm.. English

[@bertpatenaude2269]

The USA is an immigrant country. and they are US citizens. Do you have any problems ???

[@FromAgen]

He was born in England, his father is English but his mother is American.

[@Reebz0r]

@McK Ode Nope. Only Madison Hughes is born outside the US. The rest are from California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nebraska & Ohio.

[@juanrugbyer]

I just have to say something, the US coach is English(Mike Friday) and other thing, US has a Island called American Samoa.. and US is a Inmigrant Country, so be calm.. Australia, NZ, England and France have a lot of Fijian and Polynesian Players and nobody say anything.

[@bytejourneycodes]

Ok, so it's now awake, what's now going to happen?

[@mrlee2328]

Where’s perry Baker

[@maisenbell7717]

Didn’t even know we had s rugby team

[@Trajan2401]

Do now lol.

[@luaggaopoa9912]

JUST LET YOU KNOW THERE'S 2 SAMOA ISLAND!. ONE IS INDEPENDENT ISLAND AND THE OTHER IS NOT US CITIZEN SAMOA. THERE 4 THEY NEEDS TO BUILD UP THERE TEAM RIGHT!.

[@justinhart6281]

where's baker

[@luisriascos712]

Oooooooo genial

[@iteetee9784]

That was a classic American accent 🤔 American Irish??

[@harrybaker8008]

Itee Tee978 hes english

[@apfamily953]

How many of there players is actually American

[@TheMrRe]

Could say the same about nz,Aus,Japan,Canada..etc

[@cookiesncream808]

They’re all American born

[@KieranFitzs]

Roman ese all the Aussie players are Australian though?

[@cerberus2654]

Other than Madison Hughes, they're all American born.

[@cerberus2654]

How many all blacks are actually Maori?

[@alconamx]

Madison = Apple Pie

[@Peteboulders]

Spoiler in the title kinda ruined the video...

[@kennykappa9282]

At this rate US sevens will win fifteens fans. RIP cte inducing football!

[@Dgcgtff]

I think because there are only 7 players...they should narrow the field to half the width..because you could just have 7 sprinters in a team and they would beat everyone..this is not real rugby...my humble opinion

[@pla6454]

I saw at least 2 actual Americans in that side... well done USA.

[@tagatamaoi8914]

Dumb thing to say when every national rugby tean seem to have pacific islanders pn their team. Its only time before we see islanders on teams like chile as well. Smh

[@cerberus2654]

How many aboriginals play for Australia?

[@Provenom100]

Wow Madison Hughes really sounds American

[@temifakeye4247]

Provenom100 he is American he was born in Surrey then his parents moved and he went to private boarding school. He then went to Dartmouth college in America

[@boomerok6214]

A lot of bullshit calls during that NZ game. US should have lost but even tho the us player had taken the ball out of the ruck during the last phase and got slammed by the NZ defence losing possession. Then the reff called the most bullshit call ever saying that the ball hadnt been taken into play. NZ player was carded and the us won with a handful more badcalls. This is the problem with us rugby. They are so desperate to grow it in the states they are prepared to handfeed wins to the us team which in the long run will hurt us rugby. US does not support the culture. They never have and they never will. Tis why theyll never make it in 15's and the bigger world stage. Great job to both NZ and England that tournament.

[@cerberus2654]

The butthurt is strong with this one.

[@luaggaopoa9912]

I THINK IT'S TIME TO AMERICAN SAMOA TO MAKE THERE OWN TIME. CAUSE THEY'RE NOT US CITIZEN NOW.

[@dannygoetz4138]

[@kingking570]

A Captain of English accent in a USA team WTF

[@PauCandi]

What the United States wins in this, is a fair sample that the 7s, of rugby, has very little. It's another sport, a mix of speed, luck and nationalize foreign players.

[@osvaldogarcia7700]

Very well said. I'd LOVE to see them do this in 15s.

[@PauCandi]

@@bertpatenaude2269 and you where are from?

[@bertpatenaude2269]

but if all the Hispanics are bean farmers, they jump over the wall, and in the south they eat some beans called Porotos blancos

[@PauCandi]

@@bertpatenaude2269 You invade, torture, bomb civilians, kill children, steal their resources. And kill each other more than any other people in the world. We can bake beans or do any other work, there is nothing wrong with that, but no nation in the world is worse than the United States. What is the only country in the world that used nuclear weapons against civilians?

[@PauCandi]

@@Mr.Byrnes not Americans, USA, we are all americans. USA is the only nation to use nuclear weapons in history. It is a historical fact, proven and documented. Only nation in the world using nuclear weapons against civilians, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killed thousands of civilians, childrens. It is a fact, checked and documented. You launched napalm in civilian population in Vietnam, burning hundreds of thousands of civilians, including children, is a historical fact, proven and admitted by the United States itself.

[@MrRfine]

Most of the good players on the USA team are Samoan without them they would've sucked

[@wadesharp11]

Captain sounds Sth African lol

[@John-pl8fe]

Born in the uk, british dad american mother.

[@osvaldogarcia7700]

Why did Hughes disrespectfully point at the Samoan player who tackled him as he was scoring the try @5:28 ?

[@greyhamlogan2255]

Well instead of watching it with ONE eye, open the other and you will see that Samoan's in particular will late hit a player who has scored against them-- the try was scored yet he still late hit the player on the ground. Its just the way they play, mostly late and dirty.

[@osvaldogarcia7700]

@@greyhamlogan2255 Instead of seeing iT WITH ONE EYE, understand that the player had been chasing him the past couple of seconds and still thought he had a chance to knock the ball out of his hand? I'm going to take a wild guess and assume you're new to rugby OR AMERICAN. It does not matter how close someone is to scoring, YOU NEVER LET THEM GET OFF EASY. TRY TIL THE VERY END. Guess Americans (especially those who plays 7s) are used to just making a bit of a charade before they score and not getting tackled in return? Sorry, this isn't the NFL. Americans have a very bad rep of encouraging celebrations for themselves and from other teams who would otherwise never do so.

[@MarkWhippy]

Disrespectfully pointing at him? He was complaining about the late hit. Even if you think it wasn’t late, that’s obviously what the gesture was about. There was no disrespect, he has a right to complain if he thinks he’s been wronged. Oh and what about the butt hurt late shove from the Samoan at 6:14

[@osvaldogarcia7700]

bert patenaude Se puede ver que eres un racista, y que el español no es tu primer lengua. Soy de Argentina. Sabes que no todos lo que hablan español salen de el mismo país verdad? Te tengo pena, honestamente me preocupo por gente como vos.

[@koconutz1976]

Cocky little prick that's why

[@abangcamelashraf]

Maybe us pay other team with gamble money...what the fak