GRR: Eagle Men
In a result that was at once a pleasant surprise and, in the end, achingly frustrating, the USA tied Argentina 35-35 in the Americas Rugby Championship opening weekend.
As the USA Men’s 15s team gets ready to embark on a new era in the Americas Rugby Championship, it’s worth taking a look at the new faces.
Several of the new caps and players with one or two caps are those who many expected to be there soon enough, but it’s likely that few would have predicted that the starting No. 8 would have been David Tameilau.
The USA men's 7s team has clinched a spot in the top eight in the Sydney 7s with two dominating performances in the first two games Saturday.
In the opening match for the Eagles, they torched Wales 42-0. In the game, the USA showed all of the aggressive running and smooth passing that they didn't show in Wellington, taking apart a Wales side that's not exactly bad.
The USA Men’s team that faces a relatively inexperienced Argentina XV Saturday at BBVA Compass Stadium is pretty inexperienced, too.
HOUSTON (USA Rugby Release) – The first Men's Eagles starting XV under new head coach John Mitchell has been announced, with nine Rugby World Cup veterans set to complement a slew of talent new to the senior setup Saturday, Feb. 6, against Argentina in the inaugural Americas Rugby Championship.
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