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Rugby has last shot to crack United States – and reap riches it offers

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Old Glory, provided by a 38-year-old. In the United States v Fiji pool match in the Olympic sevens last week, Fiji’s aggressive tackling drove the Eagles back to their own line, desperate defensive passing then isolating Perry Baker, who was on the wing for the US.

Baker was one yard from his own line as three defenders came rushing, and was therefore 99 metres from the Fijian line. As the three Fijians approached, the former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver fixed them merely by continually changing his feet from left to right, keeping them guessing.

After he had beaten them once, they converged again, he checked and blasted off again with his sprinter’s speed and made a magnificent run right down the middle of the field.

Source link : https://www.thetimes.com/sport/rugby-union/article/rugby-has-last-shot-to-crack-united-states-and-reap-riches-it-offers-b56lrf7gj

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