United States national under-20 rugby union team

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The United States national under-20 rugby union team 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.

World Rugby Under 20 Championship and Trophy

Junior World Championship/Trophy
Year Competition Pld Win Draw Loss PF PA Diff Finish
2016 Trophy 4 2 0 2 124 106 +26 5th
2015 Trophy DNQ
2014 Trophy 4 3 0 1 98 63 +33 3rd
2013 Championship 3 0 0 3 3 251 –248 12th
2012 Trophy 4 4 0 0 149 82 +67 1st
2011 Trophy 4 1 0 3 82 152 –70 7th
2010 Trophy DNQ
2009 Trophy 4 2 0 2 138 97 +41 2nd
2008 Championship 5 0 0 5 68 240 –172 16th

Current Squad

Squad for the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.[1]

Forwards

  • James Gannon
  • Marshall Godfrey
  • Titi Lamositele
  • Val Lee-lo
  • Ben Tarr
  • Codi Jones
  • Oliver Drew
  • Tyler Enfield
  • Max Robertson
  • Christian Wiessing
  • Zach Bonte
  • Hanco Germishuys
  • Peter Malcolm
  • Ben Pinkelman
  • Ruairi Van Raalte
  • Vili Toluta'u
 

Backs

  • Mike Reid
  • Erik Thompson
  • Ben Cima
  • Niall Barry
  • Gabe Farley
  • Seth Halliman
  • Joe Kelly
  • Nemia Qoro
  • David Todd
  • James Vaifale
  • Connar Wallace-Sims
  • Scott Dean

Management

  • Billy Millard - Head Coach
  • Dave Williams - Assistant Coach
  • Luke Gross - Assistant Coach
  • Michael Engelbrecht - Assistant Coach
  • Dennis Greenhill JR - Physiotherapist
  • Terrence Cronin - Team Doctor

Notable Players

All-Time Scoring Leaders

  • Madison Hughes - 82 points scored (including 12 penalties & 6 tries) in JWRT competitions.[2]
  • Robert Johnson - 35 points scored (including 12 conversions) in JWRT competitions.[3]
  • Tai Enosa - 3 drop goals in JRWT competitions (tied for all-time lead among players from all countries).[4]

Graduates to Men's National Team

The following players, who have played for the US youth team, have also gone on to represent the senior men's team in 15's or 7's:

References

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External links

  1. http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=4061/index.html
  2. IRB JWRT, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html
  3. IRB, Junior World Rugby Trophy, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html
  4. IRB, Junior World Rugby Trophy, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html
  5. http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35570/index.html
  6. http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=32424/index.html
  7. http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35584/index.html
  8. http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35569/index.html