South Delta secondary's Shane Dagg is among 37 players named to the B.C. Elite Youth Sevens rugby program that will be participating in next month's Las Vegas Invitational Sevens.
The players will soon be divided into three teams to compete in one of North America's largest youth rugby tournaments. British Columbia-1 (BC-1) and BC-2 have been entered into the 'International High School Elite 7s' competition while the third and younger BC-3 squad will compete in the 'High School Boys 7s' division.
Dagg also plays at the club level for Bayside RFC's junior program.
"We spend most of the year holding ID camps and trials to get the top athletes together for this tournament," said B.C. head coach Shane Thompson after announcing his traveling roster. "The Vegas event is quickly growing into the largest youth tournament and we are able to field teams at a feasible cost. As a provincial program, we need tournaments like these which serve as great measuring sticks for us to see where we are in comparison to other programs."
The players will assemble in Vancouver on Feb. 4 for a camp before traveling south to Vegas.
