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Nations Cup Update—Close Games, Pool A Dominance, and Cards

World Rugby's Nations Cup is formatted by having all the teams in Pool A playing the teams in Pool B, and vice-versa.

So that ends up, sometimes, having lopsided pools, and that's how the Nations Cup started.

The opening round of the Nations Cup produced not only a 4-1-1 day for Pool A, but also a lot of interesting and close games.

USA captain Jason Damm gets some attention from the Portuguese defense.
Eagles

Late Dramatics Pull Off Win for Eagle Men

Despite giving up two early tries the USA managed to pull out a dramatic 30-29 over Portugal Saturday night in Denver.

This was the opening weekend of the Nations Cup with several very close games. This match ended up being the last one of the day, in part because lightning forced the kickoff to be delayed 45 minutes.

Jason Damm applauds a try. David Barpal photo.
Eagles

USA Men Name Side to Face Portugal on the 4th

USA Men’s Eagles Head Coach Scott Lawrence and staff have named the Match day squad to take on Portugal in the opening fixture of the inaugural Nations Cup competition.

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