USA U20s Set to Face Scotland Today
USA U20s Set to Face Scotland Today
The USA U20s face off against Scotland Wednesday afternoon in the World Rugby U20 Trophy and Head Coach Neethling Gericke had one work for his players.
Trust.
"Trust the gameplan, trust your process, play for each other, and enjoy the last right together." That's what Gericke told his players yesterday.
Clearly Scotland, which scored 270 points in their three pool matches, are favored. But you still have to play the game.
"It's going to be a tough battle, but the boys are for the challenge," added Gericke. "We have prepared the best that we can."
Key for the USA will be to play a full game, something they don't feel they have done so far. They will need to get points in early chances, and they will need to keep their shoulder to the wheel the entire game.
Kickoff is 2:45PM ET and the game is live on RugbyPass.
Scotland | Starters | USA |
ROBBIE DEANS | 1 | ASBJORN ROSS |
JERRY BLYTH-LAFFERTY | 2 | CADEN CRIST (C) |
OLLIE BLYTH-LAFFERTY | 3 | ASA ROSENMEIER |
EUAN MCVIE | 4 | GEORGE ENGELS |
RUARAIDH HART | 5 | BRAEMAR MURRAY |
LIAM MCCONNELL (C) | 6 | GRAEME PEDEGANA |
FREDDY DOUGLAS | 7 | DANIEL LOWTHER |
TOM CURRIE | 8 | LOGAN BALLINGER |
CONOR MCALPINE | 9 | SPENCER HUNTLEY |
ANDREW MCLEAN | 10 | RAND SANTOS |
GEORDIE GWYNN | 11 | KEELAN FARRELL |
FINDLAY THOMSON | 12 | MAX THRELKELD |
JOHNNY VENTISEI | 13 | DOMINIC BESAG |
FINLAY DOYLE | 14 | JORDAN VASSEL |
FERGUS WATSON | 15 | CORBIN SMITH |
Reserves | ||
SEB STEPHEN | 16 | SETH SMITH |
BEN WHITE | 17 | THOMAS WAGNER |
JAKE SHEARER | 18 | LUKE SCHAEFER |
DYLAN COCKBURN | 19 | BRICE MULLER |
OLIVER DUNCAN | 20 | DYLAN FORTUNE |
HECTOR PATTERSON | 21 | SOLOMON WILLIAMS |
KERR YULE | 22 | OLIVER CLINE |
JACK HOCKING | 23 | RAYMOND HAHN |