GRR: USA U20s
The USA Women’s U20 team held off Wales U20s 28-27 Tuesday in a Fourth of July victory in the Canadian Capital.
The Junior Eagles ran out to a 14-5 lead in the first half.
Wales mounted a comeback but couldn’t quite hail the USA in.
Twenty years after the the USA age-grade girls teams played their first games—against Canada and Wales—the USA U20s do the game thing and they celebrate the Fourth of July against the Welsh in Ottawa.
Head Coach Joel Bonnaud has named his roster to face Wales, with Dartmouth scrum half Sadie Schier captaining the squad.
Scott Lawrence was on the RuggaMatrix America podcast with Bruce McLane and talked a lot about the freedom to do his job.
The USA U20 women will be in action this summer and that's the good news; the even better news is that they will be playing much more appropriate competition than they did last year.
Coming off a dominant showing in the U20 World Rugby Trophy qualifiers with Canada, the USA U20 men have every right to feel confident, but there's more work to be done.