GRR: All Americans
USA Rugby's Men's Collegiate All American Head Coach Gavin Hickie has named his list of players to attend the identification camp January 14-16 at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
This is the earliest any All American assembly has been held. Historically, the All Americans have assembled in the summer or late spring. But this is a new approach.
The Men's Collegiate All Americans finished their Australian tour 1-2 after yet another close loss, dropping a 43-40 decision to the Queensland Country Barbarians Saturday.
Once again the All Americans fell behind early. Once again they fought their way back.
The Collegiate All Americans were beaten 36-34 by Brothers RFC Wednesday in Brisbane, QLD in the second game of the AAs' three-game tour.
The game came down to a very harsh penalty against the tourists - an attempted interception was ruled an intentional knock-on by referee Rohan Hoffman, and the ensuing kick won it for Brothers.
The Men's Collegiate All Americans have been selected to face Brothers RFC Wednesday in Brisbane, QLD.
For more on the upcoming game, see Head Coach Gavin Hickie's comments here.
Here is the lineup:
It's almost time for Game 2 for the Men's Collegiate All Americans, and Game 2 may well be tougher than Game 1.