International Rugby News
USA Rugby South opened up their Rugby Americas North U19 account with two victories Wednesday.
The RAN U19 championships is played among national teams from North America and the Caribbean. Canada does not send a team, and the USA would basically win so comfortably as to make participation a negative for everyone involved.
USA Men’s Eagles Head Coach Scott Lawrence has made several changes to the lineup as the USA faces Scotland Friday night in Washington DC.
The game, part of the 2024 American Series presented by USA Rugby and AEG Rugby, kicks off at 6:30PM and will be live on FloRugby.
The USA U28s are set to face a Buenos Aires Academy side Wednesday in Argentina.
The tourists are coming off short-game losses to Chile U18s and Uruguay U18s in a round-robin event last week.
This is the lineup:
The word of caution is that the USA U20 men have not arrived; there is still work to do.
Yes the Junior Eagles beat Netherlands; yes they beat Uruguay; yes their next opponent, Kenya, is 0-2; all of that is true. But expecting the Kenya game to be a foregone conclusion isn't smart.
The USA U20 men pulled off something of an upset with a 32-15 defeat of Uruguay at the World Rugby U20 Trophy Sunday in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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