GRR: National Teams
DUBLIN, IRE.— USA Men's 15s Head coach Gary Gold has made four changes to the starting lineup to face Ireland Saturday at 2:15PM ET.
with three new faces on the bench as the USA Men’s XVs National Team faces Ireland for the first time since 2018 on Saturday, KO 2:15 PM ET, on florugby.com.
Sunday’s test match with England at Twickenham was a battle, to be sure, and a result that the USA should be proud of, but, said Eagle lock Greg Peterson, the American team should remember one thing:
“We didn’t actually win that game.”
Oh, don’t get Peterson wrong, he’s impressed and he should be.
Andrew Brace of Ireland put in a very solid showing as referee of the USA vs England test on July 4th.
Brace, from Ireland, handled the entire game with a calm demeanor, and, critically for the USA, did not approach his decisions (generally) with a pre-arranged notion of who knew what they were doing.
The USA produced a torrid second-half performance to push a young England side at Twickenham Saturday, turning a 36-3 halftime deficit into a 43-29 loss that had many thinking that the Eagles are pretty good.
It was a good, high-level test match, and as such the England players acknowledged that with some succinct and direct comments. America, they said, "are a good side."
Picking the Men's Olympic 7s team wasn't an easy job and, as he said in a RuggaMatrix interview last month, Head Coach Mike Friday's toughest job has been to tell some very deserving athletes that they aren't on the team.
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