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Sun 17 May 2015 | 06:50
Carlin Isles burns England in semi final as USA fly to London 7s Cup Final victory

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The USA have claimed a historic first ever Cup Final win at the London 7s, beating Australia 45-22 in front of a day two record attendance at Twickenham. In the semi final the USA scored their highest ever total against England, thumping them 43-12.

Isles, arguably the fastest rugby player in the world, scored two great tries as he took a relatively small bit of space and proceeded to make England look mediocre.

Congratulations to the USA on a huge achievement. We'll have more highlights and feedback from the famous win, and the tournament in general, soon.

Posted By: Grant Constable

12 Comments

  • larry
    2:33 PM 27/05/2015

    Unfortunately la crosse has leapfrogged over rugby in America.

  • stroudos
    8:44 AM 19/05/2015

    I'll take a polite ripple of applause over that rambunctious nonsense any day, thank you.

  • 4:06 PM 18/05/2015

    Exactly, people have been saying this for 20 years and this is the first sign of it weve seen. A long way off in 15s which is a different game.

    We proudly made our first cup final last year but the yanks have one upped us so... This is gonna hurt...

    Congratulations... Sigh.... :(

  • eddie-g
    1:32 PM 18/05/2015

    Brilliant for the USA. A strong US sevens team - one which the country will get behind at the Olympics - will do wonders for the development of rugby here.

  • s_conner
    1:06 PM 18/05/2015

    That's right, think he bombed a try by dropping it just as he was putting it down

  • s_conner
    1:04 PM 18/05/2015

    I quite liked that touch actually - showed USA putting their own stamp on a tournament they deservedly won. The chant itself is a bit annoying, but that's the yankees for ya. Their energy/enthusiasm for rugby is most welcome though.

    RD - Baker scored some pretty slick tries too, would be good to see a full compilation if possible.

  • dancarter
    10:31 AM 18/05/2015

    Players taking their time to dot the ball down might not be great to watch but it takes up some valuable seconds, especially when a match is only 14 minutes long, and it gives your opponents less time to score.

  • jeri
    9:22 AM 18/05/2015

    I wanna see this guy at least make a cameo in the 15 men code, if anyone is going to promote rugby in the US, they should start with this guy

  • guy
    8:56 AM 18/05/2015

    USA did really well and Isles seems like a genuinely nice and modest bloke, as does Baker. But please, don't ever start chanting 'USA, USA' in the stadium speaker ever again. Nobody does that and it kind of ruined a perfect performance for me (from a completely neutral perspective).

  • tphillipsstl
    10:34 PM 17/05/2015

    This is so cool. I'm shocked at the improvement of the US 7s side this year. I never thought we'd see the day that a cup win would be possible. Very proud American today.

  • stroudos
    10:09 PM 17/05/2015

    Git. He could at least *pretend* to be out of breath for a moment.

  • danknapp
    9:19 PM 17/05/2015

    This guy is too fast. He should be forced to wear weights.

    Great for USA rugby to have a player like him bringing more attention to the sport. I hope that he is fit for the Olympics, it'll be huge for the development of the sport in the USA if they can pull off a medal in that event.

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