Thirty Eagles to November Tour
Thirty Eagles to November Tour
The USA Men’s Eagles finish up their 2024 with three test matches in Europe, taking on Portugal, Tonga, and Spain.
Head Coach Scott Lawrence has named 30 players for the tour, and also a further 17 who are non-traveling reserves. A further 12 players have been named as those who might have been picked, but are injured or unavailable.
The two players Lawrence has been using as captains of late, Greg Peterson and Nate Augspurger, both have a chance to get to 50 caps on this tour.
Veterans are hte order of the day in the #10 jersey with Luke Carty and AJ MacGinty back in the squad. We see massive lock Siaosi Mahoni back; Mahoni, who brings height and power to the team, has been capped nine times, but not for several years. Four players could earn caps on this trip: just-graduated Saint Mary's captain Erich Storti, who has assembles with the team before, Noah Brown (Penn HS and Indiana University) has played for the USA in 7s and now chances his hand at 15s. Mark O'Keeffe is a 29-year-old Irish-born center who qualifies on residency, and Shilo Klein is a hooker who players for the Crusaders in Super Rugby but was born in California.
“The November tour is an opportunity for us to test ourselves against a formidable team in Tonga, with their full contingent, as well as Spain and Portugal," said Lawrence. "Two nations with plenty of time together and a player base getting consistent professional minutes. As we look to improve test match minutes of our players, by way of the national team, we’ll have a chance to do it against three teams who are already there.”
Of the 59 players named in this overall pool, 27 played high school rugby in the USA, and 23 played collegiate rugby in the US.
USA Men’s Eagles Squad 2024 November Tour | ||||
NAME | POSITION | CLUB | US HS Team | US College Team |
Payton Telea | Prop | San Diego Legion | Bishop O'Riordan | Saint Mary's |
Jack Iscaro | Prop | Old Glory DC | Gonzaga | Cal |
Jake Turnbull | Prop | Anthem RC | ||
Paul Mullen | Prop | Unattached | Texas A&M | |
Alex Maughan | Prop | Anthem RC | Charlotte Tigers | Life U. |
Pono Davis | Prop | Houston SaberCats | ||
Kapeli Pifeleti | Hooker | Saracens | ||
Sean McNulty | Hooker | Miami Sharks | ||
Shilo Klein | Hooker | San Diego Legion | ||
Jason Damm | Lock | RFCLA | Charlotte Tigers | Clemson |
Viliami Helu | Lock | San Diego Legion | Danville | Saint Mary's |
Greg Peterson | Lock | San Diego Legion | ||
Siaosi Mahoni | Lock | Houston SaberCats | East Palo Alto | |
Paddy Ryan | Flanker | San Diego Legion | ||
Cory Daniel | Flanker | Old Glory DC | ||
Tesimoni Tonga'uiha | Flanker | NOLA Gold | ||
Thomas Tu'avao | No. 8 | Unattached | ||
Jamason Fa'anana-Schultz | No. 8 | Old Glory DC | ||
Ruben de Haas | Scrumhalf | Cheetahs | Little Rock | |
Ethan McVeigh | Scrumhalf | Old Glory DC | St. Augustine (CA) | |
Luke Carty | Flyhalf | Unattached | ||
AJ MacGinty | Flyhalf | Bristol Bears | Life U. | |
Tavite Lopeti | Center | Seattle Seawolves | Hayward | Saint Mary's |
Mark O'Keeffe | Center | Chicago Hounds | ||
Dominic Besag | Center | Saint Mary's College | De La Salle | Saint Mary's |
Nate Augspurger | Wing | Chicago Hounds | Southside | Minnesota |
Conner Mooneyham | Wing | Anthem RC | The Woodlands | Life U. |
Noah Brown | Wing | Chicago Hounds | Penn HS | Indiana |
Mitch Wilson | Fullback | Anthem RC | Life U. | |
Erich Storti | Fullback | Anthem RC | De La Salle | Saint Mary's |
November Tour Reserves | ||||
NAME | POSITION | CLUB | US HS Team | US College Team |
Nate Sylvia | Prop | San Diego Legion | Cal Poly | |
David Ainu'u | Prop | Toulouse | Liberty Patriots | |
Kaleb Geiger | Prop | New England Free Jacks | ||
Mikey Sosene-Feagai | Hooker | Agen | ||
William Waguespack | Lock | NOLA Gold | New Orleans Jesuit | |
Nafi Ma'afu | Lock | Biarritz | Tempe U19s | |
Saia Uhila | Lock | Utah Warriors | ||
Mike Grandy | Lock | Anthem RC | ||
Rick Rose | Lock | Miami Sharks | St. Ignatius Cle. | St. Bonaventure |
Collin Grosse | Flanker | Old Glory DC | West Point | |
Devin Short | Flanker | Seattle Seawolves | Las Vegas | |
Oscar Lennon | Scrumhalf | New England Free Jacks | ||
Connor Buckley | Scrumhalf | Old Glory DC | Xavier HS NY | Iona |
Rand Santos | Flyhalf | Saint Mary's College | Cal | |
Chris Hilsenbeck | Flyhalf | Biarritz | ||
Junior Gafa | Center | Anthem RC | Back Bay U19s | Brown |
Christian Dyer | Wing | Houston SaberCats | Sacramento Jesuit | Cal |
USA Injury Recovery & Unavailable | ||||
NAME | POSITION | CLUB | US HS Team | US College Team |
Cyrille Cama | Hooker | San Diego Legion | St. John Bosco | |
Renger Van Eerten | Lock | CA Brive | ||
Benjamin Bonnaso | Flanker | Miami Sharks | ||
Sam Golla | Flanker | Anthem RC | Denver East HS | Cal |
Makeen Alikhan | Flanker | Anthem RC | ||
Luke White | No. 8 | Chicago Hounds | ||
Conor McManus | Scrumhalf | Anthem RC | Fort Hunt | |
Mika Kruse | Center | Seattle Seawolves | Bullard HS | |
Bryce Campbell | Center | Chicago Hounds | Royal Irish | Indiana |
Tommaso Boni | Center | Old Glory DC | ||
Steffan Crimp | Fullback | Cardiff Met | ||
Toby Fricker | Fullback | Bristol Bears |