GRR: Eagle Impact Rugby Academy
The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy girls fielded a combined U16/U18 team to face Leinster U18s Tuesday in Dublin, Ireland.
The EIRA side opted for the combined side in part because their U16 players have shown themselves to be able to front up physically against older Irish girls.
That proved to be correct as the EIRA side won 48-7.
Eagle Impact Rugby Academy are right in the middle of their Ireland tour, producing good, competitive games for two boys teams and two girls teams.
It's also a learning experience, culturally as well as with rugby.
On Friday the U16 Boys played Ulster U17s, the U18 Boys played Ulster Clubs U18s, and the two girls teams, U16s and U18s, played Munster's corresponding teams.
The Spain U18s defeated Eagle Impact Rugby Academy in the second game of EIRA's two-game tour, but this game was much closer than the previous game, and certainly more competitive than the two games played in 2021.
The Spain national U18 team defeated Eagle Impact Rugby Academy 36-3 Wednesday afternoon in Valladolid, Spain.
This was an improved scoreline from the two games EIRA played against Spain in 2021, and overall the American boys competed well.
Eagle Impact Rugby Academy is set to travel to Spain to play the Spanish U18s at the end of June in a rematch of a trip EIRA took a year ago.
Program Director Salty Thompson is taking 26 players, mostly from high school but also a smattering of college players, to assemble in Valladolid in Northwest Spain.