USA Women's National Team Training Summer 2021 Camp

USA Rugby Release

Head coach Rob Cain has selected 43 players for the USA Women’s XVs National Team’s summer Daily Training Environment (DTE). Taking place June 17 to July 11 at the Rugby Town National Training Center in Glendale, CO, this will be the second extended residency for the Eagles this year.

Gabby Cantorna, Joanne Kitlinski, Rachel Johnson, and Kate Zackary will all return for the DTE having spent the earlier part of the year overseas with the Exeter Chiefs.

Coach Cain said:

“We are in a very exciting and very different place from when we started this journey. Huge credit to the players and the rest of the staff for working tirelessly to get to where we are now. The development in terms of rugby IQ, rugby conversations, rugby detail, skill development, tactical understanding, mental skills, and leadership has been exponential.

“Selections are increasingly challenging. The players’ mindset shift in terms of training to win alongside their evolving peer-to-peer transfer is bringing out the best form of inner competition we could hope for. This is critical in terms of setting the players up for success for our World Cup aspirations in 2022 and beyond.

“When we have the next opportunity to play as a national team, we’ll be in a much better place technically, physically, and mentally to bring our tactical wants and needs to live. The hope is that we have now left the steep learning curves behind us, so we can start to cement and refine our playing vision, philosophy, and identity. There are exciting times ahead and we want to thank the wonderful support from the USA Rugby community for everything they continue to do. It really does make a huge difference.”

USA Women’s XVs DTE Roster*

NAME	POSITION	CLUB	CAPS
Evi Ashenbrucker	Back Row	San Diego Surfers	uncapped
Cassidy Bargell	Scrumhalf	Harvard University	uncapped
Catherine Benson	Prop	Life West Gladiatrix	23
Stacey Bridges	Lock	Beantown Rugby	40
Elizabeth Cairns	Flanker	Life West Gladiatrix	11
Gabby Cantorna	Flyhalf	Exeter Chiefs (ENG)	8
Jennine Duncan	Wing	Exeter Chiefs (ENG)	7
Rachel Ehrecke	Back Row	Colorado Gray Wolves	uncapped
Emerson Allen	Second Row	Life University	uncapped
Tess Feury	Wing	New York Rugby	6
Megan Foster	Flyhalf	San Diego Surfers	5
Saher Hamdan	Hooker	Life University	uncapped
Fane “Eti” Haungatau	Center	Lindenwood University	3
McKenzie Hawkins	Flyhalf	Colorado Gray Wolves	3
Jett Hayward	Hooker	Life West Gladiatrix	uncapped
Emily Henrich	Center	Dartmouth	8
Leti Hingano	Back Three	Life West Gladiatrix	2
Katana Howard	Flyhalf	Twin City Amazons	4
Charli Jacoby	Prop	Chicago North Shore	6
Nick James	Prop	Houston Athletic	8
Erica Jarrell	Prop	Harvard University	uncapped
Kathryn Johnson	No. 8	Twin City Amazons	2
Rachel Johnson	Flanker	Exeter Chiefs (ENG)	7
Joanna Kitlinski	Hooker	Colorado Gray Wolves	14
Jenny Kronish	Lock	Colorado Gray Wolves	uncapped
Kayla Lawson	Wing	San Diego Surfers	uncapped
Maya Learned	Prop	Colorado Gray Wolves	2
Sarah Levy	Wing	New York Rugby	2
Shelby Lin	Scrumhalf	Berkeley All Blues	uncapped
Sam Luther	Prop	Colorado Gray Wolves	uncapped
Bulou Mataitoga	Fullback	Berkeley All Blues	3
Matalasi Morissette	Flyhalf	Brigham Young University	uncapped
Kelsie O’Brien	Scrumhalf	Colorado Gray Wolves	uncapped
Olivia Ortiz	Scrumhalf	Davenport & Chicago North Shore	5
Jetta Owens	Back Three	Virginia Tech	uncapped
Neariah Persinger	Wing	Life West Gladiatrix	1
Hope Rogers-Dellermann	Prop	Life West Gladiatrix	29
Amy Talei Bonte	Center	Life West Gladiatrix	6
Hallie Taufoou	Second Row Back Row	ARPTC	uncapped
Kathryn Treder	Hooker	Beantown Rugby	2
Alycia Washington	Lock	New York Rugby	22
Carly Waters	Scrumhalf	Colorado Gray Wolves	4
Kate Zackary	Back Row	Exeter Chiefs (ENG)	15