Ruggamatrix America Podcast - Exceeding Expectations
In Show #163 of RuggaMatrix America, Alex Goff, Bruce McLane, and Pat Clifton talk about one of the USA national teams' best period of weeks, with the U20s winning and the Eagle men winning, too.
U20 Accomplishment Sets Up New Challenge
JD Stephenson did, by all accounts, a remarkable job in getting the USA U20 team ready to play Canada.
Never mind that the Junior All Americans won the game, just think on the fact that had Ben Cima’s final kick not made it over, it would still have been 18-16, and a very close contest.
Two U20s Join Full Eagles Assembly
Two USA U20 players have been brought into camp with the senior men's national team in Florida.
Cima - Team Effort Won Game
During one of their training sessions leading up to Saturday’s meeting with Canada, the USA U20 coaches proposed a little wager …
Late in the afternoon the coaches suggested Ben Cima line up a 50-meter penalty goal. If he missed it, the players would have to do an extra circuit of fitness work. If he made it, the coaches would have to do it.
Massive Last-Second Kick Wins it for U20s
The USA U20s have qualified for the World Rugby Junior Trophy with a wild and improbably 19-18 victory over Canada.
While there were several good performances in the game, the hero had to be flyhalf Ben Cima, who kicked four penalty goals, including the game-winner with no time left, from about 52 meters away.
