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Chris Baumann’s try for the USA against Samoa was probably the first time that many rugby fans have heard his name.
The University of Wyoming, Steamboat Springs, Aspen, Life, Tempe Santa Monica, and NYAC player has certainly been all over the place, working and playing and trying to make it.
This year, he finally got his first cap, and Sunday his first USA try.
The USA may have lost to Samoa, but the Eagles produced the try of the day and one of the better tries of the opening games in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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The Japanese national team has come in for plenty of much-deserved praise for their decision to go for the win against South Africa in their opening game of the Rugby World Cup.
Of World Cup glory little things are made. The USA Men’s National Team had it all together to beat Samoa, and didn’t do so. Why? Let’s look:
Samoa had a good game plan, which combined physical play and working the pick-and-names, and then exploiting the USA defensive push with grubber kicks. The kicks worked very well, leading to 13 points, including two tries.
Many USA fans were unable to see the Eagles play Samoa Sunday because the Universal Sports platform wasn't working correctly.
According to a source at Universal Sports, there was an outage at Amazon which affecting Universal's streaming partners.