Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018: USA ready to deliver in San Francisco – ‘the beast within is coming out’
Speedster Perry Baker on the importance of the US putting on a good show at AT&T Park this weekend
They have been building the Rugby World Cup Sevens up all season and the time has arrived for the United States to make their mark while the sport is in the shop window.
Try machine Perry Baker is at the forefront of that charge and the speedster says “the sky is the limit” for rugby in the US, while retired veteran Zack Test issued a warning about what is to come.
“We are just scratching the surface,” Test said in part one of The Pioneers, a documentary following the USA Sevens’ World Cup journey which was released this week.
“We have such amazing athletes and from where we were six or seven years ago with amateurs becoming professionals to where we are today, Perry Baker, Carlin Isles, Danny Barrett, they are just the start of what it could be. The beast within is coming out and people should be afraid.”
Baker says he has already noticed an increase in support for the team, but knows it is a victory in San Francisco this weekend that will make the real difference.