Nate Ebner has been one of the big Patriots absences this training camp but for good reason. Nate Ebner will be representing team USA Rugby in Rio. With pool-play starting tomorrow Ebner’s shot at bringing a gold metal to Foxboro will start.
“We’re all revved up as an organization just hoping that we can get to see him on a medal stand,” Kraft said. “When you think about a young man who was a walk-on at Ohio State, and then after one year, being the (Buckeyes’) Most Outstanding Special Teams Player — prototype Patriot”
Team USA Rugby is in group A with Argentina, Brazil, and Fiji.The group starts its pool-play tomorrow Tuesday, August 9th.
The pool-play schedule looks like this:
U.S. vs. Argentina: Tuesday, August 9 at 12:00 p.m.
U.S. vs. Brazil: Tuesday, August 9 at 5 p.m.
U.S. vs. Fiji: Wednesday, August 10 at 12:30 p.m
The quarterfinals will be on Wednesday at 4 p.m. Followed by the semifinals on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. And if all goes well we will hopefully see Ebner in the gold medal game on Thursday at 6 p.m. With the Bronze medal game happening at 5:30 p.m.
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