Sarah Samaniego

At West Coast Sevens, we've watched our women's & girl’s divisions grow year over year, and we don't think that's a coincidence. Women's rugby sevens is having a moment nationally and we're proud to be part of giving it a stage. A Historic Olympic Run 📸 Mike Lee - KLC fotos for World Rugby, Credit: KLCfotos, Creator: Mike Lee Much of the current momentum traces back to Paris. Our USA Women's Eagles Sevens team made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics, earning a bronze medal and their...

RAND SANTOS 📸 Alex Ho / USA Rugby / World Rugby One of the best parts of running West Coast Sevens is watching where our players end up. This year, that story belongs to Rand Santos, a Cal Berkeley captain who's gone from the West Coast Sevens fields to the USA Men's Sevens roster. He played a significant role in getting Team USA back into rugby's top tier. From Berkeley to the Eagles Santos has been a fixture at Cal for years, a versatile back who's played center, fullback, and flyhalf for...

The USA Men's Eagles Sevens just completed one of the great turnaround stories in recent sevens history: relegated out of the top tier, they won the entire SVNS 2 series, then beat Fiji 17-14 in a win-or-remain-relegated to SVNS 2 game in Bordeaux. The win punched their way back into the HSBC SVNS World Championship for 2027. After dropping to the second tier, incoming Head Coach Zack Test and his squad went on the road from Nairobi to Montevideo to São Paulo and topped the SVNS 2 standings...