USA Rugby 2019 Americas Rugby Championship Squad

The U.S. Men’s National Team Eagles include a squad of 35-players for the annual Americas Rugby Championship 2019 that begins on Saturday, February 2.

The Eagles, the reigning two-time champions, will open on the road against Chile and Argentina XV before coming home to play Brazil, Uruguay, and rival-Canada. All but the match against Argentina XV will be test matches.

The USA had their most successful year during 2018, winning all five matches in the Americas Rugby Championship 2018 and claiming first-ever wins over then-No. 6 Scotland and Samoa. The ARC is the first competition of the year with the World Cup looming later in the year.

Several players will be returning to the team after injury. Flyhalf AJ MacGinty has been training with the Sale Sharks, Mike Te’o, whose injury kept him out of both the Summer and Autumn test matches last year, and Peter Malcolm are expected to make an appearance at some point during the tournament.

Malon Al-Jiboori also returns to fifteens after earning his first cap in the Americas Rugby Championship last season and then continuing to make appearances in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

The team also has newly capped players Gannon Moore, Nick Boyer, Chance Wenglewski and David Ainuu who all made their Eagle debut in November of 2018. Three new players will have the opportunity to earn their first caps in Life University’s Duncan Van Schalkwyk, San Diego Legion’s Kipeli Pifeleti and New England Free Jacks’ Tadhg Leader.

The U.S. Men’s National Team will open the Americas Rugby Championship 2019 against Chile in Santiago on Feb 2. They’ll next face Argentina XV in Rio Negro on Feb 9 before all teams have a bye week. Canada announced that during the bye week that Major League Rugby players will return to their teams for that week. It is anticipated that that may also occur with a number of Eagles players.

The USA will play their final three matches of the competition in America with a Feb 23 matchup against Brazil in Texas; as well as two final games in Seattle against Uruguay on Mar 2 and rival-Canada on Mar 8. The first two are considered home games for the Eagles with the final counted as a home game for Canada.

Tickets to see the U.S. Men’s National Team face Brazil, Uruguay and rival-Canada are available now at usarugby.org/tickets.

All matches of the Americas Rugby Championship 2019 will be broadcast LIVE on FloRugby in the United States.

USA Men’s Eagles Squad

Player	Position	Club	Caps
David Ainuu	Prop	Toulouse (FRA)	2
Malon Al-Jiboori	Flanker / No. 8	Glendale Raptors	1
Nick Boyer	Scrumhalf	San Diego Legion	1
Marcel Brache	Wing	Western Force/Perth (AUS)	12
Bryce Campbell	Center	London Irish (ENG)	21
Nick Civetta	Lock	Doncaster Knights (ENG)	18
Shaun Davies	Scrumhalf	Glendale Raptors	19
Ruben de Haas	Scrumhalf	Free State Cheetahs (RSA)	7
Cam Dolan	No. 8	NOLA Gold	40
Dylan Fawsitt	Hooker	Rugby United New York	7
Hanco Germishuys	Flanker	Glendale Raptors	11
James Hilterbrand	Hooker	Manly Marlins (AUS)	16
Luke Hume	Fullback	Rugby United New York	20
Will Hooley	Flyhalf	Bedford Blues (ENG)	6
Titi Lamositele	Prop	Saracens (ENG)	26
Ben Landry	Lock	Ealing Trailfinders (ENG)	15
Paul Lasike	Center	Harlequins (ENG)	9
Tadhg Leader	Flyhalf	New England Free Jacks	uncapped
AJ MacGinty	Flyhalf	Sale Sharks (ENG)	20
Will Magie	Flyhalf	Glendale Raptors	19
Peter Malcolm	Hooker	Austin Elite	11
Samu Manoa	Lock	Unattached	22
Ryan Matyas	Wing	San Diego Legion	12
Tim Maupin	Fullback	NOLA Gold	9
Gannon Moore	Wing	Utah Warriors	2
Paul Mullen	Prop	Houston Sabercats	6
Greg Peterson	Lock	Bordeaux Bégles (FRA)	20
Kapeli Pifeleti	Hooker	San Diego Legion	uncapped
John Quill	Flanker	Rugby United New York	29
Tevita Tameilau	Flanker	Glasgow Warriors (SCO)	12
Joe Taufete’e	Hooker	Worcester Warriors (ENG)	19
Mike Te’o	Wing	San Diego Legion	21
Duncan Van Schalkwyk	Scrumhalf	Life University	uncapped
Dino Waldren	Prop	London Scottish (ENG)	15
Chance Wenglewski	Prop	Lindenwood University	1

*Unavailable due to injury: Blaine Scully, Nate Augspurger, Psalm Wooching, Eric Fry, Tony Lamborn, Dylan Audsley

USA Men’s Eagles Staff

Americas Rugby Championship 2019 Schedule

LIVE on FloRugby in the United States

Saturday, Feb. 2
vs Chile | Time TBA
Santiago, CHL

Saturday, Feb 9
vs Argentina XV | 3 PM ET
Rio Negro, ARG

BYE WEEK

Saturday, Feb 23
vs Brazil | 7:10 PM CT
Dell Diamond, Austin, TX
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Saturday, Mar 2
vs Uruguay | 7:10 PM PT
Starfire Sports, Seattle, WA
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Friday, Mar 8
vs Canada | 7:10 PM PT
Starfire Sports, Seattle, WA
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About the Full Squad

USA Rugby has indicated that the full squad is a pool of athletes who will assemble with the team and be available for selection at some point within a competition window. Starting rosters for each game within the competition window can be selected from this pool of athletes with occasional replacements made to cover injuries and player availability.

About the Americas Rugby Championship

The Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) is an international, round-robin competition at the test level which features six competing teams from North and South America including Argentina XV, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay, and the USA. All matches contested in the ARC count for rankings points and test caps with the exception of those played against Argentina XV who compete as a secondary national team. Originally introduced as a development tournament, the Americas Rugby Championship began operating at the senior international level in 2016 where Argentina XV (who remained as part of the setup) claimed the inaugural championship and USA took runners-up. USA is currently reigning champions having won both the 2017 and 2018 ARC with Argentina XV runners-up in both years.