BARBO KE'VON WILLIAMS CAPTAINS USA MEN’S 7’S IN PARIS OLYMPICS

The only thing better than seeing a great talent join the Denver Barbarians is also watching them leave for greater rugby opportunities. This was the case for Barbo great Ke’Von Williams who joined the Barbo 7’s program in the summer of 2014. Even though he had only recently started playing rugby at New Mexico Highlands University, he arrived in Denver as one of the best pure athletes the team had seen in years. At the wing, he dominated the men’s club 7’s circuit for the next four summers before he was called into the USA Men’s Eagles 7’s camp in Chula Vista. Not only did he make the team, he also transformed himself as a rugby player, learned a new position, became one of the most potent halfbacks on HSBC 7’s circuit and eventually was named Captain of the national team.

He leads the Men’s Eagles tomorrow in pool matches against France and Fiji. The Eagles final pool game will be against Uruguay and the knock out medal rounds will proceed Thursday afternoon. The team will look to get on the medal stand for the first time since rugby 7’s was reintroduced to the summer Olympics in 2016 in Brazil. The full schedule can be found below and all the games will be live streamed on Peacock (the streaming platform for NBC).

We wish Ke’Von and the other Eagles good luck in Paris tomorrow and have no doubts he will leave it all on the pitch for his team. He’s a world class competitor, and even better man. The club is proud to call him a Denver Barbarian!