GRR: Blaine Scully
Watch out for flying bodies.
The USA Men's National Team will face Romania in the Pershing Cup rivalry game Saturday in Bucharest, and it promises to be a physical and fractious game - it always is.
Regulation 9 in World Rugby says that clubs must release players who have been called up to international duty, but that rule only applies to specific times of the year.
On a very hot evening in Sacramento, the USA shut out Russia 25-0 in a game that showed some tenacity, but not always precision.
The USA and Russia both struggled to make their chances pay off with a try, but finally the Eagles got on late through Mike Te'o.
Several USA players have said this weekend that Saturday’s game again Italy was the true beginning of the John Mitchell era.
The reasoning is fairly logical - this was the first game where Mitchell got to pick his own players, as he was hired too late to do that in the Americas Rugby Championship in February.
Italy held on to defeat the USA 24-20 in a tense, physical test match in San Jose.
The Eagles looked very capable at times and scored two tries, but penalty trouble hurt them at crucial moments.