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<blockquote data-quote="William18" data-source="post: 741848" data-attributes="member: 38439"><p>I highly doubt Sevens is going to lead to direct success in 15's for the USA. Did any of their current 15's squad get their start in 7's? It seems that most of their 15's players had gone through the youth system rather than the 7's system. Even in New Zealand sometimes we say that certain All Blacks broke out by playing 7's. I think if you look at basically all of the players you will find that they were talented individuals before they played sevens. Players like Julian and Ardie Savea were stars in school and played in age grade teams before playing 7's. </p><p></p><p>I think Sevens being in the Olympics is going to increase awareness in both sevens and in 15's but it can't replace proper youth development programs. I think the USA is at least a generation away from getting to the Scotland/Italy level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William18, post: 741848, member: 38439"] I highly doubt Sevens is going to lead to direct success in 15's for the USA. Did any of their current 15's squad get their start in 7's? It seems that most of their 15's players had gone through the youth system rather than the 7's system. Even in New Zealand sometimes we say that certain All Blacks broke out by playing 7's. I think if you look at basically all of the players you will find that they were talented individuals before they played sevens. Players like Julian and Ardie Savea were stars in school and played in age grade teams before playing 7's. I think Sevens being in the Olympics is going to increase awareness in both sevens and in 15's but it can't replace proper youth development programs. I think the USA is at least a generation away from getting to the Scotland/Italy level. [/QUOTE]
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