USA v Ireland Today

The USA Men's 15s takes on Ireland at 2:15PM today, Saturday, July 10, with a chance to shake up the World Rugby #4. Eagles Head Coach Gary Gold has brought in a little bit more experience with hooker Joe Taufete'e coming in, bring his size, power, and 20 test match tries with him. He also has brought in Hanco Germishuys at flanker, another player who has been around for a while, and who has mobility and physicality, and he joins Riekert Hattingh, who gets his second cap, and No. 8 Cam Dolan, who will tie Paul Emerick and Dave Hodges for 9th all-time in caps today. Asked to talk about the impact @Cam_Dolan has on the @USARugby team's game, @Garygoldrugby had a lot to say on the topic. Easy to overlook what the @nolagoldrugby @lifeumrugby No. 8 has done day-in, day-out for the Eagles. pic.twitter.com/7DDPJn2uDw — Alex Goff (@goffrugbyreport) July 10, 2021 Kickoff is 2:15PM ET. and for USA fans the game will be live-streamed on florugby.com.  Ireland has seven players off with the British & Irish Lions, which is not as many as England were without, but there are some new faces in the Ireland squad, with four uncapped starters and four uncapped players on the bench. But, it's worth pointing out that the USA team has six players on the gameday 23 with only one cap and another uncapped. Both teams are dealing with this. England hadn't given up a mauled-in try at Twickenham in years, and @USARugby mauled in two against them. Meanwhile, the opposition's maul is getting stymied. We asked @Garygoldrugby about whether that's an aspect of play that the USA takes extra pride in. pic.twitter.com/8u2iiItPqY — Alex Goff (@goffrugbyreport) July 8, 2021   Ireland Lineuo for Saturday 15. Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster) 12 caps 14. Robert Baloucoune (Enniskillen/Ulster) uncapped 13. James Hume (Banbridge/Ulster) uncapped 12. Stuart McCloskey (Bangor/Ulster) 5 caps 11. Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) 24 caps 10. Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Munster) 23 caps 9. Craig Casey (Shannon/Munster) 2 caps 1. Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster) 44 caps 2. Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster) 12 caps 3. Tom O’Toole (Ballynahinch/Ulster) uncapped 4. Ryan Baird (Dublin University/Leinster) 4 caps 5. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 36 caps captain 6. Caelan Doris (St Mary’s College/Leinster) 8 caps 7. Nick Timoney (Banbridge/Ulster) uncapped 8. Gavin Coombes (Young Munster/Munster) 1 cap Replacements 16. Dave Heffernan (Buccaneers/Connacht) 5 caps 17. Ed Byrne (UCD/Leinster) 5 caps 18. Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht) 15 caps 19. Fineen Wycherley (Young Munster/Munster) uncapped 20. Paul Boyle (Buccaneers/Connacht) uncapped 21. Caolin Blade (Galwegians/Connacht) uncapped 22. Harry Byrne (Lansdowne/Leinster) uncapped 23. Will Addison (Enniskillen/Ulster) 4 caps     USA Lineup to Face Ireland July 10, 2021 PLAYER NAME POSITION CLUB CAPS 6. Hanco Germishuys Flanker Rugby United New York 22 7. Riekert Hattingh Flanker Seattle Seawolves 1 8. Cam Dolan No. 8 NOLA Gold 52 9. Ruben de Haas Scrumhalf Austin Gilgronis 18 10. Luke Carty Flyhalf LA Giltinis 1 11. Mika Kruse Wing Utah Warriors 1 12. Bryce Campbell Center Austin Gilgronis 33 13. Calvin Whiting Center Utah Warriors 2