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On Monday, August 3, 2026, a United States national side ran out at Lupo Family Field in Marietta. The USA Women's Falcons, the national team's development squad, had set up camp at Life University ahead of a tour of Brazil, and they closed the camp out against their hosts. The Falcons won 40-5.

Life drew a hard hand before kickoff. Three players who would normally wear their colors, Bella Vogel, Lissa Salisbury and Nina Mason, were in Falcons jerseys instead, having been named for the Brazil tour. Prop Ariel Chalmers went down injured early. AJ Haughey was already unavailable. And Life had only just opened camp for the year.

They made the visitors work anyway. Life spent a long stretch of the second half camped in the Falcons' 22, drew a yellow card out of them for one penalty too many, and got their score when scrumhalf Hattie Greenwood tapped and Olivia Frisby went over in the corner. For the record, Falcons flanker Tessa Hann scored three, the last a fifty meter run, and it was 26-0 at the break.

The next evening, a different kind of first whistle. Rebels Rugby opened fall high school sevens on Tuesday, August 4 at Crabapple Field in Roswell Area Park. Exiles RFC start U19 girls training on Thursday, August 6 at Innovation Academy in Alpharetta.

The Falcons fly to Sao Paulo for matches on Saturday, August 8 and Wednesday, August 12. The teenagers in Roswell have practice. Both of those happened in the same week, on fields a short drive apart, and the Radar is not going to pretend one of them counts more than the other.

Match report at Goff Rugby Report →