GRR: Rugby World Cup
Patience may well be the key tool in the USA's toolbox this weekend.
Their forwards can win ball, win scrums, and use lineouts as a launching pad; they can defend; they can score tries through their backs and as a team ... but it could all come very slowly against Hong Kong. Goodness knows it came slowly against Kenya.
Job #1 is done but there are two more big jobs to do for the USA Men’s 15s team.
And even within that first victory over Kenya—yes they won, yes they won by 44, yes they got the bonus point for four tries—there are key work-ons.
The first step toward Rugby World Cup 2023 qualification was taken by the USA Sunday in Dubai.
After a slow start and a few misfires, the Eagles pulled away from Kenya to the tune of 68-14, winning the first of their three-game Final Qualification series.
USA Men's 15s Head Coach Gary Gold has named his gameday roster of 23 to face Kenya in Sunday's first Final Qualifier Tournament game.
In a few days the USA Men's 15s team will name its squad for the Final Qualifier Tournament in Dubai next month.
Goff Rugby Report spoke with Head Coach Gary Gold before the recent USA Falcons games about preparation for for the qualifiers against Hong Kong, Kenya, and Portugal, and we checked in with him after the Falcons games.