International Rugby News
The USA Men’s Eagles finish up their 2024 with three test matches in Europe, taking on Portugal, Tonga, and Spain.
Head Coach Scott Lawrence has named 30 players for the tour, and also a further 17 who are non-traveling reserves. A further 12 players have been named as those who might have been picked, but are injured or unavailable.
The 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup pools are set after Thursday's draw held in London.
The USA is in one of the toughest pools, quite possibly the most competitive pool, in Pool A. Canada, meanwhile, is nicely-placed to win their pool.
Week Two of the RugbyTens in San Juan Capistrano is in the books and the Serengeti Elephants and Cape Town Wild Dogs are still overall leading.
But they did get upended at least once.
Mixed Player
USA Men's 7s superstar Perry Baker has announced he is retiring from the USA 7s program.
Baker appeared in three Olympics, two Rugby World Cup Sevens, 71 HSBC SVNS tournaments, and won two World Rugby Player of the Year awards. He retires having scored 293 tries in SVNS tournaments, which bested only by England's Dan Norton.
The USA All-Military team has finalized its roster for its November tour of England.
The US Military side will be coached by Allen Clarke, DOR and Head Coach of the Seattle Seawolves and he is assisted by former Fiji 7s Program Manager Gareth Baber. Former USA captain Scott LaValla is also rumored to be assisting.