International Rugby News
The Samoa rugby team is in town now for the Pacific Nations Cup, but travel hasn’t been an easy thing for the team.
Players tweeted their frustration at the fact that their flights from Apia, Samoa, to San Jose, Calif., took 48 hours, with one 12-hour layover. Meanwhile, team management flew on ahead in First Class.
The USA Rugby South B team lost 20-8 to Cayman Islands in the NACRA U19 Consolation semis Wednesday in Orlando, putting them in the 7th/8th game on Friday against Bermuda.
The Pacific Nations Cup starts, finally, this weekend with the USA hosting Samoa at Avaya Stadium as part of a doubleheader that also includes Canada against Japan.
For the USA players involved, the sentiment seems to be - it’s about freakin’ time.
USA South A is into the final of the NACRA U19 15s Championships after defeating Barbados 32-7 on Tuesday in Orlando.
In a game delayed by lightning, the South took a 6-0 lead early on thanks to some concerted pressure and two penalty kicks from Arkansas State flyhalf Dylan Boast.
(This is an opinion column by Goff Rugby Report Editor Alex Goff). The end of the Pan-Am Games for the USA was not what they wanted.