USA Eagles Autumn tour

USA VS. RUSSIA - NOVEMBER 9TH:
Eirias Park
Conwy County, Wales
6pm (local) kickoff

USA VS. TONGA - NOVEMBER 17TH:
Eirias Park
Conwy County, Wales
6pm (local) kickoff

USA VS. ROMANIA - NOVEMBER 24TH:
Stadionul National de Rugby Arcul de Triumf
Bucharest, Romania
Time TBA

LIVESTREAM: 
Matches on November 9th and 17th will be livestreamed.  We will post the link here when it is available. 

 

Eagles Squad Statistics

When one looks at all the US players in major pro leagues, one has to wonder why we suck so much. well obviously I have an opinion. We are coaching Northern Hemisphere style rugby. Heck, even in 7's I see the US team running into players to deliberately create a ruck.

Here is a quick look at some of the statistics* behind the Eagles 28-man squad that will head to Europe.

*Stats are hard to find for the Eagles, so don’t be surprised if some of the numbers are slightly off.

Average age: 25.75
• Youngest 21 (Gearoid McDonald, Cornelius Dirksen)
• Oldest 32 (Paul Emerick)

Average caps: 11.35
• Most 50 (Paul Emerick)
• Least 0 (9 players)

Players playing overseas: 12
• Premiership = 2 (Wyles, Saracens; Emerick, Wasps)
• Top 14 = 2 (Ngwenya, Biarritz; LaValla, Stade Francais)
• Pro D2 = 2 (R. Suniula, Auch; Basauri, Tarbes)
• Top League = 1 (Clever, NTT Shining Arcs)
• ITM Cup = 1 (Fry, Manawatu)
• National League 1 = 2 (Shaw, Richmond; Asbun, Rosslyn Park) *Asbun is just training with Rosslyn Park
• Serie A = 1 (Stanfill, Vicenza)
• All-Ireland League = 1 (Pittman, Trinity)

Players with overseas experience but not currently playing overseas: 7
• Premiership = 2 (Biller, Northampton; Petri, Sale)
• Shute Shield = 2 (Chapman, Sydney University; L’Estrange, Sydney University)
• All-Ireland League = 2 (McDonald, Old Belvedere; Quill, Dolphin)
• RFU Championship = 1 (A. Suniula, Cornish Pirates)

Players at the Americas Rugby Championship: 10

7’s Eagles: 8
• Dahl and Hume were both with the Eagles at the Gold Coast.

College Players: 2

Play on an Elite Cup team: 8
• NYAC = 4
• Boston = 2
• Glendale = 1
• Old Blue = 1

Forwards: 15

Backs: 13

Eureka...just watched USA play Russia and they were swinging the ball wide and they were even offloading the ball in the tackle. Brilliant.
They won 40-26 For a group of pros playing in good leagues, the USA team sure doesn't like to defend. They allowed Russians back into game after being some 25 pts ahead at one stage.