GRR: National Teams
USA Rugby Release LANGFORD, British Columbia – The USA Rugby AIG Men’s Junior All-Americans head into their second match against Canada’s under-20 team in the span of five days with a few changes made to the starting XV.
Well it wasn’t easy, but the USA did open their account in Hong Kong with a victory; it just took them seven minutes to get in the game.
The teams play just one game on Friday night in Hong Kong, and so the game has a special character - there’s no other game to save yourself for, and one bad loss can make for a long night.
The USA High School All Americans finished Day 1 of the Rosslyn Park 7s 2-2 in pool play.
In a demanding schedule where the teams played once every hour, the US team started their effort with a solid 28-12 win over Nottingham HS. They then were tripped up 14-12 against Cowbridge Comprehensive before losing 33-0 to Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade from Wales.
It’s been a quiet entrance for the USA team into the Hong Kong 7s.
Canada’s U20s defeated the USA U20s 24-23 Monday at Shawnigan Lake School in British Columbia in the first of a two-game series to decide which team goes to the Junior World Rugby Trophy in Portugal.
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