GRR: Eagle Impact Rugby Academy
Eagle Impact Rugby Academy logged a busy and fruitful day in games against three Irish provinces Saturday on their multi-team tour.
The girls U18s and U16s went 1-1 vs Leinster, with a 60-meter breakaway try by Annie Henrich the highlight. That try, scored at the end of the game, secured a dramatic 15-14 win for the U18s.
The U16s lost 18-14.
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.
The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy U18 Boys tied Spain's U18s Thursday in Valodolid, Spain.
This is the 5th time EIRA and Spain have played, and the first four games were all relatively convincing wins for the Spanish, albeit with the winning margins getting progressively smaller.
Eagle Impact Rugby Academy is going back for another go in Spain.
The U18 Boys EIRA side will tour Spain for the third straight time, and hope to continue its improvement arc while there. Their first two matches in 2021 were fairly convincing victories for the Spain National U18 side. In 2022 the games were much closer.