USA Selects, Uruguay Picked for Thursday Game
USA Selects, Uruguay Picked for Thursday Game
The USA Selects and Uruguay Teros have named their lineups to face each other Thursday evening at Old Christians Rugby Club.
The game will kick off at 7:15pm Uruguayan time, which is 6:15pm ET, 3:15pm PT.
The referee will be Juan Sylvestre.
Head Coach Pablo Lemoine has picked a team that includes 11 who played in the two World Cup Qualifiers between Uruguay and the USA March 22 and 29, 2014.
USA Selects Mike Tolkin has named a relatively experienced team, but there are a few international debutants. Alastair McFarland makes his USA debut (not a full cap but an A-level international) at flanker. Lemoto Filikitonga also makes his first run-out for a senior international level. Some other players are suiting up after only a small amount of caps (John Cullen, Matt Trouville, Ronnie McLean).
Life University flyhalf AJ MacGinty is not in the starting lineup and Shalom Suniula will start at flyhalf. At 50 caps, lock Lou Stanfill is the most experienced player on the squad.
Eight of the starting USA players got their start in American high school programs: Nick Wallace (Chuckanut), Zach Fenoglio (Regis Jesuit). Olive Kilifi (West Seattle), Lou Stanfill (Jesuit Sacramento), John Cullen (Fullerton/Hacienda Heights), Lemoto Filikitonga (San Mateo), Seamus Kelly (Xavier NY), and Tim Stanfill (Vancouver, Wash.).
Kelly is the captain.
Uruguay
1- Alejo Corral, 2- Carlos Arboleya, 3- Oscar Durán, 4- Mathias Palomeque, 5- Jorge Zerbino, 6- Fernando Bascou, 7- Diego Magno, 8- Santiago Vilaseca, 9- Alejo Durán, 10- Manuel Blengio, 11- Santiago Gibernau, 12- Alberto Román, 13- Joaquín Prada, 14- Leandro Leivas, 15- Jerónimo Etcheverry
Reserves: 16. Diego Magno 17. Mathias Palomeque 18. Joaquín Prada 19. Alberto Román 20. Mateo Sanguinetti 21. Rodrigo Silva 22. Santiago Vilaseca 23. Jorge Zerbino
USA Selects
1- Nicholas Wallace, 2- Zachary Fenoglio, 3- Olivi Kilifi, 4- Louis Stanfill, 5- John Cullen, 6- Alastair McFarland, 7- John Quill, 8- Matt Trouville, 9- Robbie Shaw, 10- Shalom Suniula, 11- Zachary Pangelinan, 12- Lemoto Filikitonga, 13- Seamus Kelly, 14- Tim Stanfill, 15- Ronnie McLean
16- Mike Shepherd, 17- Chris Baumann, 18- Angus MacLellan, 19- Nick Barrett, 20- Kyle Sumsion, 21- Miku Kruger, 22- Chad London, 23- AJ MacGinty