2nd tier results

[Sir Arthur Higgins]

USA lose 30-10 with two red cards in front of 17,000+ at BBVA stadium in Houston
Huge crowd, a record on us soil.
Canada beat Georgia in Vancouver yesterday. Very poor crowd of 3,661 largely due to poor venue in suburban Vancouver and bad weather and Vancouverites generally not getting behind events much.

 

[tigerland12]

Canada had a big crowd against Italy the other week though, good to see growth in the North America's. Two countries that need to be targeted for growth.

 

[Jnor]

USA lost to Italy?

 

[Sir Arthur Higgins]

yes sorry. 30-10 italy over the USA in Houston - which i think is a new market for an international test. strong result as they now have a few cities they can play in and attract good crowds (houston, san fran, seattle, denver)

 

[maxdacat]

Interesting article about the growth prospects for US rugby:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jun/24/american-sports-fans-warming-rugby

I particularly like this comment:

"Good to see the first green shoots of a mature civilisation beginning to take hold out in the western colonies. These things take time, but 225 years on, this is definitely to be celebrated. One can now expect soon to see them perfect the brewing of real ale"