Madison Hughes & Stacey Waaka | Episode 3

Hosts Dallen Stanford & Robin MacDowell are joined by former USA 7s captain Madison Hughes and New Zealand rugby legend Stacey Waaka for Episode 3 of The Rugby Sevens Rollercoaster.

Waaka is fresh from winning the World Rugby Sevens Series with the Black Fern 7s of New Zealand. She has had a remarkable career, winning the Rugby World Cup 15s, Rugby World Cup 7s, Commonwealth Games Gold and Olympic Games Gold! The international superstar will be joining the Premier Rugby Sevens New York Locals team for the thrilling 2023 season!

Hughes captained Team USA at both the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games, and is the highest point scorer in history for the USA Eagles on the World Rugby Sevens Series. He was part of the most successful USA 7s team, finishing 2^nd on the World Rugby Sevens Series in 2019. Hughes played for the Experts in the Premier Rugby Sevens in 2022, named MVP at the event in Washington, D.C.

Premier Rugby Sevens features 8 franchises with 16 teams in 2023 contesting five tournaments across the U.S. The season starts on June 17 at Q2 Stadium (Austin, Texas) for the Eastern Conference Kickoff, while TCO Stadium (Minneapolis, Minnesota) hosts the Western Conference Kickoff on June 24. The Western Conference Finals are on July 15 at Paypal Park (San Jose, California) and the Eastern Conference Finals on July 23 at Highmark Stadium (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). The 2023 Championship will be played on August 6 at Audi Field in Washington, DC.

This episode includes a brief review of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, as well as an interview with Premier Rugby Sevens Head of Scouting, Richie Walker.

We hope you enjoy The Rugby Sevens Rollercoaster!

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