US women's rugby seeks gold on road to Rio Olympic Games

With increasing opportunities at junior and college level and world exposure beckoning, some see women’s rugby as poised to emulate soccer in the USOn Thursday, in Dubai, a squad of American rugby players will begin their attempt to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. In the US, much has been made of rugby’s return to the Games after 90 years, largely because America’s men are the reigning Olympic champions. Rather less has been made of the fact that Olympic rugby sevens will also be contested by women. The players who will take the field in Dubai on Thursday are the US Women’s Eagles.I…