USA Men's 15s Summer Roster Named

05.25.2021National Teams

GLENDALE, Colo.—USA Men's 15s Head Coach Gary Gold has selected a preliminary roster of 41 players for the USA's July test matches.

Facing England on July 4 and Ireland on July 10, both away matches, will mark the first time the Eagles have assembled since the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

Roughly 75% of the roster—a total of 31 players—represent Major League Rugby clubs, an indication of how important it is for players to get playing time. Another 15 players have the opportunity to be capped for the first time.

Gold and staff will continue to evaluate this roster over the coming weeks and make final selections for the 30 players who will travel to England and Ireland. Those who are not selected from this list will serve as injury reserves.

“It’s taken us some time to come up with this list of players and I’m very happy to see this group of guys make even more strides in the coming weeks," said Gold. “A huge thank you to all the MLR clubs, not just for working with us as we select this group, but also in delivering a competitive training and competition environment that will help us get on the front foot in the short time we have ahead of facing England and Ireland. We still have some work to do in terms of making final selections but we are excited to see the final squad of 30 come together and to play some meaningful games this year.”

Alongside the roster, the Eagles staff also welcomes Rob Hoadley as Assistant Coach and Eagle Alumnus Chris Wyles as a Coach Consultant for the July tests specifically. Hoadley has an extensive coaching background with stints at Wasps, Stanford University, and San Diego Legion, to name a few, while Wyles most recently spent 10 years with Saracens and was capped over 50 times by the USA.

The official traveling roster for the Eagles’ summer test series will be announced in late June.

Following July, the Eagles will assemble again in September for a two-part Rugby World Cup qualification series against rivals Canada. The Eagles will host the second match on September 11 at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colo.. Details for the first match are to be confirmed. A final qualification series against a team from South America may follow along with a fall test schedule that is currently being organized.

USA Men’s Eagles 41-Player Extended Roster
David Ainu'u	Prop	Toulouse (FRA)	9
Malon Al-Jiboori	Flanker	Ealing Trailfinders (ENG)	6
Harry Barlow	Center	New England Free Jacks	uncapped
Michael Baska	Scrumhalf	Utah Warriors	uncapped
Nick Boyer	Scrumhalf	Houston Sabercats	1
Marcel Brache	Wing	Western Force (AUS)	23
Nate Brakeley	Lock	Rugby United New York	23
Bryce Campbell	Center	Austin Gilgronis	32
Luke Carty	Flyhalf	LA Giltinis	Uncapped
Nick Civetta	Lock	Rugby United New York	26
Ryan Rees	Scrumhalf	Rugby ATL	Uncapped
Mike Dabulas	Fullback	Old Glory DC	Uncapped
Ruben De Haas	Scrumhalf	Austin Gilgronis	17
Cam Dolan	No. 8	NOLA Gold	51
Jamason Fa'anana Schultz	Flanker	Old Glory DC	2
Dylan Fawsitt	Hooker	Rugby United New York	15
Mike Sosene Feagai	Hooker	Old Glory DC	Uncapped
Hanco Germishuys	Flanker	Rugby United New York	21
Andrew Guerra	Flanker	NOLA Gold	Uncapped
Riekert Hattingh	No. 8	Seattle Seawolves	Uncapped
Will Hooley	Flyhalf	Saracens (ENG)	15
Ryan James	Wing	LA Giltinis	Uncapped
Mika Kruse	Center/Wing	Utah Warriors	Uncapped
Titi Lamositele	Prop	Montpellier (FRA)	32
Matt Harmon	Prop	NOLA Gold	Uncapped
AJ MacGinty	Flyhalf	Sale Sharks (ENG)	28
Will Magie	Flyhalf	Austin Gilgronis	26
Siaosi Mahoni	Lock	San Diego Legion	2
Ryan Matyas	Wing	San Diego Legion	12
Conner Mooneyham	Wing	Austin Gilgronis	Uncapped
Gannon Moore	Wing	North Harbour (NZ)	4
Paul Mullen	Prop	Utah Warriors	18
Greg Peterson	Lock	Newcastle Falcons	30
KP Pifeleti	Hooker	Saracens	3
John Ryberg	Wing	LA Giltinis	Uncapped
Joe Taufete'e	Hooker	Lyon (FRA)	27
Mike Te'o	Wing	Utah Warriors	28
Moni Tonga’uiha	Center	NOLA Gold	Uncapped
Dino Waldren	Prop	NOLA Gold	19
Chance Wenglewski	Prop	Rugby ATL	6
Psalm Wooching	Flanker	San Diego Legion	4