Will the Eagle women take a few risks against England Sunday? Quite possible.
“We’ve got that physicality, the directness of Hope Rogers or Rachel Johnson, and then we've got the mobility, and the ability to move the ball in our carries but also in our catch pass with players like Katy [Zackary] or Hallie [Taufoou],” said USA Head Coach Sione Fukofuka. “We are developing that more expansive game in the two locks [Taufoou and Erica Jarrell] and, what they give away in size they more than make up for in mobility and their ability to play in our system. So it's pretty exciting.”
This USA pack is essentially a pack with five loose-forward-type players. Fukofuka talks about Faufoou and Jarrell being 80-minute players with good engines.
“We will be able to provide ball for the backs to strike off, and I think just adding to it is just the dynamic aspect.”
Fukofuka said that the Eagles have not always been a traditional game, and his captain, Zackary, talks about that, too.
