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While the vast majority of players at the MLR Rising college scouting camp start playing rugby in high school or before and are playing in D1A, NCR D1, or top Canadian sides, but there are some backgrounds that are a little different.
The USA U20 men pulled off something of an upset with a 32-15 defeat of Uruguay at the World Rugby U20 Trophy Sunday in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The USA U18s lost both of their round-robin games today in Uruguay.
The U18s faced Chile in their opening shortened game today, losing 34-7 to a very speedy Condors side.
They USA U18s then fielded a different 15 against Uruguay and battled hard but lost 20-10, hurt by a couple of yellow cards. Chile played much faster rugby, while Uruguay was physically imposing.
Sunday sees the starts of a week-long camp for Major League Rugby hopefuls as MLR Rising kicks off at the campus of the University of Mary Washington.
This camp is a new-look plan for the pre-draft training camp and all-star bowl game, with D1A being much more involved.
Eagle Impact Rugby Academy girls U18s opened up their tour of Spain with a victory over the Catalonia regional U19 team.
EIRA will also be taking a girls team to Ireland this summer.
Catalonia is the region that centers on Barcelona and borders Andorra and, crucially, Southern France, and they share some cultural aspects of life, including a love of rugby.