International Rugby News
A Column by Alex Goff (transcribed from the below video)—One of the things that keeps coming up that people want to talk to me about on a regular basis is the Rugby World Cup—Not the one that's happening for the women in just a couple of months, not the one that's happening for the men just a couple of years, but the one that's coming around in six years which is going to be hosted by the USA.
Was the USA's loss to England a big old problem?
We don't think so. Losing a test match 40-5 is not exactly rare. Just take a look at these results from July:
England beat the USA Saturday night in front of over 19,000 in yet another lightning-interrupted test match, putting two different kinds of exclamation points on the midsummer games for both teams.
In front of a new record crowd for a USA Women's home test match, the Eagles beat Fiji Saturday in DC in a game that was much, much closer than it needed to be.
Five tries to three saw the Eagles home 31-24, but they did squander a 26-7 lead and, had they executed a bit better, could have run away with it in front of 15,198 at Audi Field.
The Eagle men will have a tall order facing England Saturday evening.
As everyone looks to the skies and hopes there’s no lightning, the Americans will also be hoping to bring a little thunder … that’s how they will energize their fans this weekend.