International Rugby News
The USA Selects team for the Americas Rugby Championship will be named soon, and don’t expect too many new faces in the squad.
USA Head Coach Mike Tokin is staring down the barrel of a very challenging 12 months, with the full Eagles squad schedule to host New Zealand November 1, and then to play Romania, Tonga, and Fiji during their fall tour of Europe.
Former Life University men's player and Traverse City Alliance HS player Phil Thiel has signed with English pro club Saracens.
The hooker, who has been capped 22 times for the USA, arrived at the club on Sunday and will be there on a short-term contract while Schalk Brits is away with the South African national team.
The International Rugby Board has announced that it will change its name to World Rugby November 19.