International Rugby News
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.
BRIGHTON, UK - The USA’s bid to win two or three pool games at the Rugby World Cup was dealt a massive blow Sunday as the Eagles were defeated by Samoa 25-16 in Brighton.
Man of the match Tim Nanai-Williams was brilliant as an attacking forced from fullback, while the Eagles kept getting into penalty trouble, giving up 11 penalties while Samoa was penalized just four times.
USA Head Coach Mike Tolkin has named his squad for the team's Rugby World Cup opener against Samoa.
Here's a look at the USA team (below) and also the matchiup between the two teams. Additional reporting from Chris Tipping and by Boudewijn de Jongh.
Philadelphia, Pa. – Boathouse Sports today revealed the “Sport Your Pink” campaign on its new website for the design and creation of unique custom PINK team athletic apparel to help build awareness and generate funding for cancer research.
LONDON - Samoa's team for their Rugby World Cup match against the USA on Sunday has nine changes compared to the XV who started the Pacific Nations Cup final defeat against Fiji in August, and also nine changes to the lineup that defeated the USA 21-16 in that same tournament.