Balancing Urgency and Patience in Age-Grade National Teams
The USA men’s age-grade camps have wrapped up and the U20 team is looking ahead to an expanded and challenging World Championship.
Men's U18, U20 Camps Attendees Announced
The USA Men's age-grade programs have named their lists for the winter pathways camps for U18s and U20s.
USA Age-Grade Men Look to Overseas Trips
The USA men's age-grade team selections will be announced very soon, but here's a quick look at what they will be doing.
U18s to South America
The U18 Boys will be returning to South America, where they toured last year. This tour seems to be a little more formal on the South American side, with two matches scheduled against regional academy teams in Argentina.
USA Men's Age-Grade Teams Announce Tour Plans
The USA age=grade teams are going to be active this year despite World Rugby's drawback from U20 action.
World Rugby is reportedly coming back with a new-look U20 world competition for 2026. As it is, this year, there's nothing, so USA rugby is focusing in part on a U19 team that can be developed for U20 competition a year later.
USA Men's Age-Grade Update
World Rugby will not be holding a World Rugby Trophy this year, and will instead implement plans to expand the U20 World Championship for 2026.
What that does, however, is leave a bunch of national U20 programs without a specific competition and, crucially, a funded competition.
