USA Rugby Men’s Eagles Squad – Nov. Internationals

The U.S. Rugby Men’s National Team Eagles have been named for the November 2018 Internationals. The team will play four international fixtures against New Zealand’s Maori All Blacks, Samoa, Romania, and Ireland.

Men’s Eagles Hanco Germishuys, Ryan Matyas and Dylan Audsley have joined the team fresh from the 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge. Germishuys and Audsley played with the Eagles in the June tests, and Matyas rejoins the team since playing in the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship.

Paul Mullen will also be back with the team after earning 3 caps in the June tests. After playing Major League Rugby with the Houston SaberCats, he has since played on a dual contract with the Newcastle Falcons of the Gallagher Rugby Premiership and the Doncaster Knights of the Green King IPA Championship.

David Tameilau and Tony Lamborn return to the back row. Both last appeared at the Americas Rugby Championship 2018 and play for the Glasgow Warriors and Rugby Southland, respectively.

USA Rugby has indicated that “five of the athletes in the named roster will miss the United States’ opening match against the Maori due to obligations with their professional clubs overseas. Paul Lasike, Titi Lamositele, Samu Manoa, Joe Taufete’e and Blaine Scully will all join the Men’s Eagles in Europe, available for selection against Samoa, Romania, and Ireland.”

The Fall schedule will provide opportunities for players to showcase their talents with selection for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan still at stake. The team will face Samoa and Ireland, who have qualified for the World Cup while New Zealand’s Maori will use the match window to explore the depth of their senior All Blacks. The Romania Oaks will also provide a stern test.

The U.S. “opens their schedule at home on Nov. 3 against the Maori All Blacks as part of The Rugby Weekend’s triple-header at Chicago’s Soldier Field. The event will also include the return of the Women’s National Team against the New Zealand Black Ferns, with Ireland and Italy competing against one another as well. Tickets are available at therugbyweekend.com with the match streamed LIVE on FloRugby.”

Following the Maori, the Men’s National Team will travel to Europe for a string of test matches against Samoa on Nov. 10 in San Sebastian, Romania on Nov. 17 in Bucharest and Ireland on Nov. 24 in Dublin.

USA Rugby Comments

“We are excited to test our roster depth against a New Zealand Maori team that has Super Rugby and All Blacks players,” said USA Rugby’s General Manager for Men’s 15s Programs, Dave Hodges. “This is an opportunity for us to give some of our emerging squad players a chance to help the team put in a strong performance as we dive deep into World Cup preparation. We’ll need to be unyielding in our play for the duration of the schedule, facing three formidable matches against Samoa, Romania and No. 2 ranked Ireland.”

U.S. Men’s National Team Roster

Player name	Position	Current Club	Caps
Dylan Audsley	Center	San Diego Legion	6
Nate Augspurger	Wing	San Diego Legion	21
Bryce Campbell	Center	London Irish (ENG)	18
Nick Civetta	Lock	Doncaster Knights (ENG)	15
Shaun Davies	Scrumhalf	Glendale Raptors	18
Ruben de Haas	Scrumhalf	Free State Cheetahs	4
Cam Dolan	No. 8	Nottingham Rugby (ENG)	37
Dylan Fawsitt	Hooker	Old Blue New York/Rugby United New York	5
Eric Fry	Prop	Vannes Rugby (FRA)	44
Hanco Germishuys	Flanker	unattached	8
James Hilterbrand	Hooker	Manly Marlins (AUS)	16
Will Hooley	Fullback	Bedford Blues (ENG)	4
Olive Kilifi	Prop	Seattle Saracens/Seattle Seawolves	24
Tony Lamborn	Flanker	Rugby Southland (NZL)	16
Titi Lamositele	Prop	Saracens (ENG)	23
Ben Landry	Lock	Ealing Trailfinders (ENG)	15
Paul Lasike	Center	Harlequins (ENG)	6
Will Magie	Flyhalf	Glendale Raptors	16
Samu Manoa	Lock	Cardiff Blues (WAL)	21
Ryan Matyas	Wing	San Diego Legion	10
Paul Mullen	Prop	Newcastle Falcons (ENG)	3
Greg Peterson	Lock	Glasgow Warriors (SCO)	17
John Quill	Flanker	Glendale Raptors	27
Blaine Scully	Wing	Cardiff Blues (WAL)	40
Joe Taufete’e	Hooker	Worcester Warriors (ENG)	16
David Tameilau	Flanker	Glasgow Warriors (SCO)	9
Dino Waldren	Prop	London Scottish (ENG)	12

Unavailable due to injury: AJ MacGinty

*Additional players will be added in the coming weeks.

U.S. Men’s National Team Staff

Head Coach | Gary Gold
Assistant Coach | Shawn Pittman
Assistant Coach | Greg McWilliams
Strength & Conditioning Coach | Huw Bevan
Performance Analyst | Jimmy Harrison
Head Athletic Trainer | Kevin Ng
Assistant Athletic Trainer | Kristen Douhan
Team Doctor | Angelo Savino (Maori All Blacks)
Team Doctor | Matthew Schmitz (Samoa)
Team Doctor | Richard Kim (Romania & Ireland)
Massage Therapist | Aimee Kern (Maori)
Massage Therapist | Daliah Hurwitz (Samoa, Romania & Ireland)
Team Manager | Chris Hanson
Assistant Team Manager | Kevin McCorry

U.S. Men’s National Team Schedule

The Rugby Weekend vs Maori All Blacks, Sat, Nov. 3 | 6 PM CT, Soldier Field, Chicago, IL
vs Samoa, Sat, Nov. 10 | 12:30 PM ET, Anoeta Stadium, San Sebastian, ESP
vs Romania, Sat, Nov. 17 | Time TBA, Ghencea Stadium, Bucharest, ROU
vs Ireland, Sat, Nov. 24 | 1:30 PM ET, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, IRE
*Times subject to change.