GRR: National Teams
Chester, Pa. (USA Rugby Report) – USA Rugby has announced that the USA Men's National Team will play a non-test Rugby World Cup warmup match against Harlequins F.C. on Sunday, August 30 at PPL Park in Chester, Pa..
Harlequins play in the Aviva Premiership in England will be making their first trip to Philadelphia in the team’s history.
USA Men’s National Team Head Coach Mike Tolkin acknowledged Tuesday that he threw a few players to the wolves, but it’s something he has to do at some point.
The team he ran out against the Argentina Jaguars was quite inexperienced, while the Argentina team had a large contingency of regular Pumas, many of which had a key role in the 54-6 victory for the hosts in Salta.
The USA Selects got a nice lesson in test match rugby Tuesday evening in Salta, Argentina, as they were beaten by the Argentina 54-6 in the first of two matches between the teams.
SALTA, Argentina (USA Rugby Report) – The USA Rugby Selects coaching staff is utilizing the full travel squad on its current South American Tour as Head Coach Mike Tolkin has announced the starting lineup for the match against Argentina Jaguars Tuesday, April 28.
Getting a Pan-American rugby competition done is no easy feat.
There hasn’t been anything approaching a full-international, cross-continental competition since 2003. And that was the nice but was done in a week and involved just four teams.