USA v Ireland Today
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 |
1. David Ainu'u | Prop | Toulouse (FRA) | 10 |
2. Joe Taufete'e | Hooker | Lyon (FRA) | 28 |
3. Paul Mullen | Prop | Utah Warriors | 19 |
4. Gregory Peterson | Lock | Newcastle Falcons (ENG) | 31 |
5. Nick Civetta | Lock | Rugby United New York | 27 |
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 |
14. Christian Dyer | Wing | USA Sevens | 1 |
15. Mike Te'o | Fullback | Utah Warriors | 29 |
Reserves | |||
16. Kapeli Pifeleti | Reserve | Saracens (ENG) | 3 |
17. Matt Harmon | Reserve | NOLA Gold | 1 |
18. Dino Waldren | Reserve | NOLA gold | 20 |
19. Nate Brakeley | Reserve | Rugby United New York | 24 |
20. Psalm Wooching | Reserve | San Diego Legion | 5 |
21. Andrew Guerra | Reserve | NOLA Gold | Uncapped |
22. Michael Baska | Reserve | Utah Warriors | 1 |
23. Will Magie | Reserve | Austin Gilgronis | 26 |