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Rugby team
The United States national under-20 rugby union team , for sponsorship reasons known as the AIG Men's Junior All-Americans ,[1] is the United States' junior rugby team at the national level. The U-20 team has competed at the IRB Junior World Championship and at several IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy tournaments.
History [ edit ]
The U20 program was originally a U19 team.[2] With the decision by the International Rugby Board to merge their U19 and Under 21 Rugby World Championships to form the IRB Junior World Championship for U20 players effective as of the 2008 season , the team evolved into a U20 team to participate in the new competitions.
The first competition for the U20 team was on June 6, 2008, against South Africa . The United States won the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy under head coach Scott Lawrence .
World Rugby Under 20 Championship and Trophy [ edit ]
Junior World Championship/Trophy
Year
Competition
Pld
Win
Draw
Loss
PF
PA
Diff
Finish
2008
Championship
5
0
0
5
68
240
–172
16th
2009
Trophy
4
2
0
2
138
97
+41
2nd
2010
Trophy
DNQ
2011
Trophy
4
1
0
3
82
152
–70
7th
2012
Trophy
4
4
0
0
149
82
+67
1st
2013
Championship
3
0
0
3
3
251
–248
12th
2014
Trophy
4
3
0
1
98
63
+33
3rd
2015
Trophy
DNQ
2016
Trophy
4
2
0
2
124
106
+26
5th
2017
Trophy
DNQ
2018
Trophy
DNQ
2019
Trophy
DNQ
2023
Trophy
4
1
0
3
128
133
–5
7th
Current squad [ edit ]
Match day squad for the 2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy qualifier against Canada .[3]
1
Thomas Wagner
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
2
Cade Crist
University of California - Berkeley
3
Connor Devos
Lindenwood University
4
Dylan Fortune
Lindenwood University
5
Will Sherman
UCLA
6
Cameron McAlpine
United Kingdom
7
Hayden McKay
Young Glory (Old Glory DC)
8
Aidan Christians
USA Hawks
9
Cormac Saint
University of California - Berkeley
10
Hugh O'Kennedy
Trinity College - Dublin
11
Sosaia Pongi
St. Mary's College of California
12
Aki Pulu
American Raptors
13
Dominic Besag
St. Mary's College of California
14
Corbin Smith
Hartpury University
15
Steffan Crimp
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Substitutions:
16
Gabriel Hayden (No. 24)
Canterbury RFC (UK)
17
Trevion Reed (No. 25)
Queens University
18
Leon Best
Life University
19
Logan Ballinger
Life University
20
Henry Duke
Unattached
21
Oliver Cline
Central Washington University
22
Thomas Hannon
Indiana University
23
Aaron Faison
Life University
Coach:
Kyle Sumsion
Management [ edit ]
Kyle Sumsion - Head coach
Colton Cariaga - Assistant coach
Elvis Seveali'i - Assistant coach
Neethling Gericke - Assistant coach
Matoko Noudehou - Performance Coach
George Janke - Performance Analyst
Zach Fornier - Physiotherapist
Gary McMahon - Team Manager
Notable players [ edit ]
Scoring leaders [ edit ]
Madison Hughes - 82 points scored (including 12 penalties & 6 tries) in JWRT competitions.[4]
Robert Johnson - 35 points scored (including 12 conversions) in JWRT competitions.[5]
Tai Enosa - 3 drop goals in JRWT competitions (tied for all-time lead among players from all countries).[6]
Graduates to men's national team [ edit ]
The following players, who have played for the U.S. youth team, have also gone on to represent the senior men's team in 15s or 7s:
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Men's Junior All-Americans" . USA Rugby . Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
^ "On the Under 20 team's next chapter" . www.gainline.us . July 5, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
^ "USA Men's U20s look to close out qualification in second match of World Rugby Trophy" . USA Rugby . Retrieved July 17, 2023 .
^ IRB JWRT, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ IRB, Junior World Rugby Trophy, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ IRB, Junior World Rugby Trophy, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35570/index.html [dead link ]
^ http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=32424/index.html [dead link ]
^ http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35584/index.html [dead link ]
^ http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35569/index.html [dead link ]
External links [ edit ]
Players Competitions and trophies Related teams Titles
Matches
By opponent World Cup qualifiers
Tours
Governing body Geographical Unions National teams
Competitions
International Domestic College
Bodies Conferences Competitions
Hosted events Defunct
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