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Thirty Eagles to November Tour

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Thirty Eagles to November Tour

Conner Mooneyham and Paddy Ryan against Canada. David Barpal photo.

The USA Men’s Eagles finish up their 2024 with three test matches in Europe, taking on Portugal, Tonga, and Spain.

Head Coach Scott Lawrence has named 30 players for the tour, and also a further 17 who are non-traveling reserves. A further 12 players have been named as those who might have been picked, but are injured or unavailable.

The two players Lawrence has been using as captains of late, Greg Peterson and Nate Augspurger, both have a chance to get to 50 caps on this tour.

Veterans are hte order of the day in the #10 jersey with Luke Carty and AJ MacGinty back in the squad. We see massive lock Siaosi Mahoni back; Mahoni, who brings height and power to the team, has been capped nine times, but not for several years. Four players could earn caps on this trip: just-graduated Saint Mary's captain Erich Storti, who has assembles with the team before, Noah Brown (Penn HS and Indiana University) has played for the USA in 7s and now chances his hand at 15s. Mark O'Keeffe is a 29-year-old Irish-born center who qualifies on residency, and Shilo Klein is a hooker who players for the Crusaders in Super Rugby but was born in California.

“The November tour is an opportunity for us to test ourselves against a formidable team in Tonga, with their full contingent, as well as Spain and Portugal," said Lawrence. "Two nations with plenty of time together and a player base getting consistent professional minutes. As we look to improve test match minutes of our players, by way of the national team, we’ll have a chance to do it against three teams who are already there.”

Of the 59 players named in this overall pool, 27 played high school rugby in the USA, and 23 played collegiate rugby in the US.

USA Men’s Eagles Squad 2024 November Tour
NAME POSITION CLUB US HS Team US College Team
Payton Telea Prop San Diego Legion Bishop O'Riordan Saint Mary's
Jack Iscaro Prop Old Glory DC Gonzaga Cal
Jake Turnbull Prop Anthem RC    
Paul Mullen Prop Unattached   Texas A&M
Alex Maughan Prop Anthem RC Charlotte Tigers Life U.
Pono Davis Prop Houston SaberCats    
Kapeli Pifeleti Hooker Saracens    
Sean McNulty Hooker Miami Sharks    
Shilo Klein Hooker San Diego Legion    
Jason Damm Lock RFCLA Charlotte Tigers Clemson
Viliami Helu Lock San Diego Legion Danville Saint Mary's
Greg Peterson Lock San Diego Legion    
Siaosi Mahoni Lock Houston SaberCats East Palo Alto  
Paddy Ryan Flanker San Diego Legion    
Cory Daniel Flanker Old Glory DC    
Tesimoni Tonga'uiha Flanker NOLA Gold    
Thomas Tu'avao No. 8 Unattached    
Jamason Fa'anana-Schultz No. 8 Old Glory DC    
Ruben de Haas Scrumhalf Cheetahs Little Rock  
Ethan McVeigh Scrumhalf Old Glory DC St. Augustine (CA)  
Luke Carty Flyhalf Unattached    
AJ MacGinty Flyhalf Bristol Bears   Life U.
Tavite Lopeti Center Seattle Seawolves Hayward Saint Mary's
Mark O'Keeffe Center Chicago Hounds    
Dominic Besag Center Saint Mary's College De La Salle Saint Mary's
Nate Augspurger Wing Chicago Hounds Southside Minnesota
Conner Mooneyham Wing Anthem RC The Woodlands Life U.
Noah Brown Wing Chicago Hounds Penn HS Indiana
Mitch Wilson Fullback Anthem RC   Life U.
Erich Storti Fullback Anthem RC De La Salle Saint Mary's
         
November Tour Reserves
NAME POSITION CLUB US HS Team US College Team
Nate Sylvia Prop San Diego Legion   Cal Poly
David Ainu'u Prop Toulouse Liberty Patriots  
Kaleb Geiger Prop New England Free Jacks    
Mikey Sosene-Feagai Hooker Agen    
William Waguespack Lock NOLA Gold New Orleans Jesuit  
Nafi Ma'afu Lock Biarritz Tempe U19s  
Saia Uhila Lock Utah Warriors    
Mike Grandy Lock Anthem RC    
Rick Rose Lock Miami Sharks St. Ignatius Cle. St. Bonaventure
Collin Grosse Flanker Old Glory DC   West Point
Devin Short Flanker Seattle Seawolves Las Vegas  
Oscar Lennon Scrumhalf New England Free Jacks    
Connor Buckley Scrumhalf Old Glory DC Xavier HS NY Iona
Rand Santos Flyhalf Saint Mary's College   Cal
Chris Hilsenbeck Flyhalf Biarritz    
Junior Gafa Center Anthem RC Back Bay U19s Brown
Christian Dyer Wing Houston SaberCats Sacramento Jesuit Cal
         
USA Injury Recovery & Unavailable
NAME POSITION CLUB US HS Team US College Team
Cyrille Cama Hooker San Diego Legion St. John Bosco  
Renger Van Eerten Lock CA Brive    
Benjamin Bonnaso Flanker Miami Sharks    
Sam Golla Flanker Anthem RC Denver East HS Cal
Makeen Alikhan Flanker Anthem RC    
Luke White No. 8 Chicago Hounds    
Conor McManus Scrumhalf Anthem RC Fort Hunt  
Mika Kruse Center Seattle Seawolves Bullard HS  
Bryce Campbell Center Chicago Hounds Royal Irish Indiana
Tommaso Boni Center Old Glory DC    
Steffan Crimp Fullback Cardiff Met    
Toby Fricker Fullback Bristol Bears