Speaking of EMAW ruggers in the EU, a former EMAW rugby player has been selected to represent the Norweigian national team next week against Sweden.
The football thing has been going on for a while in the US with the US national team trying to convert ex-football players to 7s rugby. Carlin Isles is the most notable because of his ridiculous highlight films, but there are quite a few others. Leonard Peters was a safety at Hawaii and briefly for the Chicago Bears. He played for the US in 2009-2010, but has since fallen off the scene. The picture below from the 2010 Vegas 7s national invitational has ex-MU players Tommy Saunders and Tony Temple playing with the KC Blues. Saunders went on to represent the US national team for a year or so before giving up rugby. There are also 4 EMAWs and at least 2 posters in the picture.
