GRR: USA U19s
The Rugby Americas North Men's U19 championship has released its schedule for the tournament in Quéretaro, Mexico.
The tournament, which will run July 9-12, will be shown live on RugbyPass.tv.
The USA Men's U19 team that is going to the RAN Men's U19s has been confirmed.
The USA men's age-grade team selections will be announced very soon, but here's a quick look at what they will be doing.
U18s to South AmericaThe U18 Boys will be returning to South America, where they toured last year. This tour seems to be a little more formal on the South American side, with two matches scheduled against regional academy teams in Argentina.
The USA age=grade teams are going to be active this year despite World Rugby's drawback from U20 action.
World Rugby is reportedly coming back with a new-look U20 world competition for 2026. As it is, this year, there's nothing, so USA rugby is focusing in part on a U19 team that can be developed for U20 competition a year later.
World Rugby will not be holding a World Rugby Trophy this year, and will instead implement plans to expand the U20 World Championship for 2026.
What that does, however, is leave a bunch of national U20 programs without a specific competition and, crucially, a funded competition.