Following a two-week intensive camp and onboarding in Charlotte, NC, Men’s Eagles Head Coach Scott Lawrence has selected the 30-man traveling roster for this summer’s three-match series in Europe, beginning this Saturday in Bucharest against Romania.
Captain AJ MacGinty will miss the tour with club duties, however nearly half the named roster will board the plane to Romania in search of their first USA cap, as Lawrence looks to initiate a new generation of talent and test match experience. Watch all three summer series matches, live on The Rugby Network.
Among the rising stars is USA Men’s U20s Captain, Dominic Besag, fresh off the World Rugby U20s Trophy campaign in Kenya. Besag has seen a rapid rise to the senior national team tour, breaking onto the scene with the Men’s U18s last summer for the Corendon Tour, before taking on the U20s Captain role as a freshman at Saint Mary’s College. Utah Warriors backrower, Bailey Wilson also receives a traveling invite from the player reserve list following the North Carolina camp.
Name | Club |
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Nate Augspurger | San Diego Legion |
Dominic Besag | Saint Mary's College |
Tommaso Boni | Zebra (ITA) |
Nate Brakeley | New York Ironworkers |
Luke Carty | Chicago Hounds |
Ruben De Haas | Free State Cheetahs |
Cam Dolan | NOLA Gold |
Christian Dyer | Houston SaberCats |
Dylan Fawsitt | New York Ironworkers |
Lauina Futi | Seattle Seawolves |
Kaleb Geiger | New York Ironworkers |
Sam Golla | Dallas Jackals |
Viliami Helu | Rugby ATL |
Jack Iscaro | Old Glory DC |
Mika Kruse | Utah Warriors |
Line Latu | American Raptors |
Tavite Lopeti | Seattle Seawolves |
Peter Malcolm | Seattle Seawolves |
Chris Mattina | Chicago Hounds |
Nick McCarthy | Leinster |
Paul Mullen | Utah Warriors |
Greg Peterson | Unattached |
Paddy Ryan | Coventry (ENG) |
Joe Taufete'e | Houston SaberCats |
Thomas Tu'avao | Utah Warriors |
Jake Turnbull | Seattle Seawolves |
Luke White | Chicago Hounds |
Mitch Wilson | New England Free Jacks |
Bailey Wilson | Utah Warriors |
Tajaki Young Yen | Utah Warriors |
Head Coach | Scott Lawrence
Assistant Coach - Attack | Alama Ieremia
Assistant Coach - Forwards and Defense | Nick Easter
Assistant Coach - Scrum | Blake Bradford
Head of Athlete Performance | Alex Ross
Individual Skill Development | Elvis Seveali’i
Head Analyst | Jimmy Harrison
Technical Adviser | Grant Keenan
Head Physiotherapist | Kristen Douhan
Assistant ATC | Ron Klingensmith
Assistant ATC | Deanna Sisti
Sports Massage Therapist | Daliah Hurwitz
Sam Akhavan | Team Doctor
Abigail Hamilton | Team Doctor
Team Manager | Oscar Alvarez
Aug 5 | USA vs Romania | Bucharest, ROM
Aug 12 | USA vs Portugal | Algarve, POR
Aug 19 | USA vs Georgia | Tbilisi, GEO
Sep 17 | USA vs Stade Toulousain | Salt Lake City, UT