Big Game Sunday as USA U20s Face Japan
We're into the placement games and playoffs for the Junior World Championships.
Every team gets to play five games in this tournament, with Sunday, July 12 and Monday, July 13 being the day for the 4th matches for everyone.
The final placement matches will be held July 17 and July 18.
USA U20s Drop Pool Finale to Ireland
The positives and negatives of each team's game came home to roost as Ireland's U20s won convincingly over the USA U20s in the Junior World Championship Tuesday in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Ireland came into the game as one of the best in the competition at ball retention and ruck success. The USA came into the game with one of the lowest tackle success rates.
USA and Ireland U20s Name Lineups for Pool C Showdown
USA U20s and Ireland U20s have named their lineups for Tuesday's Round 3 match at the World Junior Championships.
With this lineup as announced, every player on the trip will have seen the field.
After dealing with illness in the squad, the USA team is set to take on an Ireland team that could be within reach in what has been an enormously difficult pool.
What the USA U20s Overcame Shouldn't Be Ignored
The USA U20 men's team's performance against England is worth lauding a bit.
Yes, the Junior Eagles gave up 68 points, and you never want to do that, but England were favored by a fairly massive amount.
USA U20s Lose to England, But Show Offensive Talents
The stats will say that England's U20s defeated the USA U20s in the Junior World Championships, but there's a lot more to it than that.
