GRR: Eagle Men
The USA doesn’t get a full week between games in the Pacific Nations Cup, given that they played on Saturday and now play tonight, the following Friday.
That means that the Eagles has a recovery day on Sunday, and a captain’s run on Thursday, leaving them just Monday-Wednesday for on-field work, and usually there’s time off schedule in that.
Mike Tolkin’s changes in the USA lineup for Friday night’s clash with Japan in Sacramento is a reflection mostly of his desire to test players, but that doesn’t mean winning isn’t important.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (USA Rugby Release) – Mike Petri (Brooklyn, N.Y.) will earn his 50th cap Friday as the Men’s Eagles continue their World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup campaign at Bonney Field against Japan.
Getting the tries sometimes requires taking a chance when it's on offer, and sometimes it requires patience.
With a little bit of perspective, and with only a couple of days to go before the USA clashes with Japan, we can look at how the Eagles did in their first game of 2015.