After a scintillating season, Ariana Ramsey has been named to the 2026 Dream Team<\/p>\n
With 23 USA caps to her name, Olympian Ramsey had a knockout season that saw her transition into the scrumhalf position for the USA Women\u2019s Eagles adding another string to her lighting speed bow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ramsey\u2019s relentless work rate on both sides of the ball, pairing her speed and rugby IQ to both score tries and track down attackers on defense, caught the attention of World Rugby putting her in strong company alongside the 6 other Dream Team athletes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s SVNS Dream Team of the Year in Partnership with HSBC\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jorja Miller (NZL)<\/p>\n
Risi Pouri-Lane (NZL)<\/p>\n
Maddison Levi (AUS)<\/p>\n
Isabella Nasser (AUS)<\/p>\n
Ariana Ramsey (USA)<\/p>\n
Alycia Christiaens (FRA)<\/p>\n
Reapi Ulunisau (FIJ)<\/p>\n
Honored to be in good company, Ramsey commented;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s amazing for the U.S. to be recognized. I’m so happy to put on for American rugby, and show the hard work that we put in every single day – and it\u2019s paying off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going for gold! – that’s all I\u2019m going to say.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ahead of the HSBC SVNS World Championship Final in Bordeaux, France, when they announced the individual award shortlists. Named a finalist for the World Rugby Women\u2019s Sevens Player of the Year, Ramsey officially became the first American woman in history to be a finalist for the sport’s highest individual honor, standing alongside New Zealand’s Jorja Miller and Australia’s Maddison Levi.<\/p>\n
This 2025\u20132026 Sevens Series showcased Ariana Ramsey speed and flair as the USA Women\u2019s Eagles took the circuit by storm and established a foundation for the upcoming 2 years as they build towards LA2028.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
With consecutive podium finishes and a 4th place overall season placement, Ramsey and the USA Women\u2019s Eagles Sevens are giving USA fans more to cheer about as they approach the home Games. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a scintillating season, Ariana Ramsey has been named to the 2026 Dream Team With 23 USA caps…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,122278],"class_list":["post-721730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-usa-womens-sevens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}