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    LA SEVENS

    Mar 31, 2020 6 minutes
    Words Alan Dymock
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    Alan Dymock, Getty Images & Mike Lee/World Rugby

    AWAY FROM the smoke machines and bacon-wrapped hotdogs inside Dignity Health Sports Park, there is a whole other world of invitational LA Sevens taking place on the fields skirting the soccer stadium. As the US leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series fizzes away, outside boys’ teams, women’s sides and touring outfits vie for supremacy and a chance to play a final on that big pitch.

    Amongst that hustling variety is a USA Falcons team made up of athletes hoping to push their way into Eagles contention for the Olympic Games. And in their ranks is one Marcus Tupuola.

    The last time a sevens leg took place in Los Angeles County, in 2006, it was here in Carson, where Tupuola is from.

    “I remember coming here when I was young and I would never have envisioned being here again playing rugby, so this is amazing,” the grinning back, 24, tells Rugby World.

    “I’m glad for the city because the

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