International Rugby News
The USA Women’s U20 team held off Wales U20s 28-27 Tuesday in a Fourth of July victory in the Canadian Capital.
The Junior Eagles ran out to a 14-5 lead in the first half.
Wales mounted a comeback but couldn’t quite hail the USA in.
Twenty years after the the USA age-grade girls teams played their first games—against Canada and Wales—the USA U20s do the game thing and they celebrate the Fourth of July against the Welsh in Ottawa.
Head Coach Joel Bonnaud has named his roster to face Wales, with Dartmouth scrum half Sadie Schier captaining the squad.
Spain's U18s defeated Eagle Impact Rugby Academy 49-36 Sunday in the second of two matches between the two teams in Valladolid, Spain.
In the first four meetings between Eagle Impact Rugby Academy and the Spanish U18 side, it's fair to say EIRA was smoked.
Scored of 61-15 and 55-15 in 2021 were followed up with 36-3 and 43-24 in 2022. Only that last one really harbingered that the players, as well as the coaches, were starting to understand just how quickly the Spanish played, and how EIRA teams might score points.
With the USA Men’s Eagles returning to assembly on July 16, Interim Head Coach and General Manager Scott Lawrence has selected 33 names to gather in Charlotte, NC for a preparatory camp ahead of the upcoming August tour.