GRR: Eagle Men
The USA Men’s Eagles finish up their 2024 with three test matches in Europe, taking on Portugal, Tonga, and Spain.
Head Coach Scott Lawrence has named 30 players for the tour, and also a further 17 who are non-traveling reserves. A further 12 players have been named as those who might have been picked, but are injured or unavailable.
OSAKA, Japan—Offensive woes continued for the USA men's national team as they lost 18-13 to Samoa in the Pacific Nations Cup 3rd-4th game.
USA vs Samoa Saturday is potentially a study in contrasts.
The USA will be looking to leverage an expected superiority in set piece and strong defense against a Samoan team that is elusive and adventurous.
USA vs Samoa KO 3AM Saturday, Sept. 21 on Peacock
We’ve been looking at the stats:
USA Men's 15s Head Coach Scott Lawrence has made several changes to the USA lineup as they look to face Samoa in the 3rd-place game in the Pacific Nations Cup.
While Japan plays Fiji for the championship, and Tonga has already won 5th over Canada. The 3rd-4th game between USA and Samoa will be live on Peacock on Saturday morning at 3AM.
The USA will play Samoa for 3rd in the Pacific Nations Cup; we know this now that Japan defeated Samoa in the second semifinal on Sunday.
Semifinals:
Fiji 22 USA 3
Japan 49 Samoa 27
5th-6th Game:
Tonga 30 Canada 17
3rd-4th Game: USA vs Samoa September 21 3AM ET
Final: Japan vs Fiji September 21 6AM ET