United States national under-20 rugby union team

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United States U-20
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Union USA Rugby
Nickname(s)Junior Eagles
Coach(es)Billy Millard
Top scorer Madison Hughes (82)
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Change kit
First international
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18–108 South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg
(June 6, 2008)
Largest win
Flag of the United States.svg United States 64–15 Cayman Islands Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg
(June 21, 2009)
Largest defeat
Flag of England.svg England 109–0 United States Flag of the United States.svg
(June 13, 2013)
World Cup
Best result12th, 2013 IRB Junior World Championship

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.

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History

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

Junior World Championship/Trophy
YearCompetitionPldWinDrawLossPFPADiffFinish
2008 Championship500568240–17216th
2009 Trophy420213897+412nd
2010 TrophyDNQ
2011 Trophy410382152–707th
2012 Trophy440014982+671st
2013 Championship30033251–24812th
2014 Trophy43019863+333rd
2015 TrophyDNQ
2016 Trophy4202124106+265th
2017 TrophyDNQ
2018 TrophyDNQ
2019 TrophyDNQ
2023 Trophy4103128133–57th
2024 Trophy11004433+11TBD

Current squad

Match day squad for the 2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy qualifier against Canada. [3]

1Thomas WagnerUniversity of New South Wales (UNSW)
2Cade CristUniversity of California - Berkeley
3Connor DevosLindenwood University
4Dylan FortuneLindenwood University
5Will ShermanUCLA
6Cameron McAlpineUnited Kingdom
7Hayden McKayYoung Glory (Old Glory DC)
8Aidan ChristiansUSA Hawks
9Cormac SaintUniversity of California - Berkeley
10Hugh O'KennedyTrinity College - Dublin
11Sosaia PongiSt. Mary's College of California
12Aki PuluAmerican Raptors
13Dominic BesagSt. Mary's College of California
14Corbin SmithHartpury University
15Steffan CrimpCardiff Metropolitan University
Substitutions:
16Gabriel Hayden (No. 24)Canterbury RFC (UK)
17Trevion Reed (No. 25)Queens University
18Leon BestLife University
19Logan BallingerLife University
20Henry DukeUnattached
21Oliver ClineCentral Washington University
22Thomas HannonIndiana University
23Aaron FaisonLife University
Coach:
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Management

George Janke - Performance Analyst

Notable players

Scoring leaders

Graduates to men's national team

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Men's Junior All-Americans". USA Rugby . Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ "On the Under 20 team's next chapter". www.gainline.us. July 5, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ "USA Men's U20s look to close out qualification in second match of World Rugby Trophy". USA Rugby. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  4. ↑ IRB JWRT, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ IRB, Junior World Rugby Trophy, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ IRB, Junior World Rugby Trophy, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35570/index.html [ dead link ]
  8. ↑ http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=32424/index.html [ dead link ]
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