USA Rugby Men's National XVs Roster vs England

Head coach Gary Gold named his match-day 23 to face No. 3 world-ranked England on Sunday at Twickenham, KO 9 AM ET, which will be streamed live in the U.S. on florugby.com. This is the first time the Eagles have assembled for a match since Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan, which was also the last time they played England in the opening match of group play.

Gold has selected a squad comprised predominately of Major League Rugby talent with 351 cumulative test caps on the roster. Flanker Riekert Hattingh (Seawolves), flyhalf Luke Carty (Giltinis), and wing Mika Kruse (Warriors) will all make their national team debut as starters. Thirteen of the twenty-three players have World Cup experience.

Playing England is a huge challenge, especially after such a long absence in competitive international games, but is an invaluable one for players in facing the world’s top-ranked teams.

In their last meeting in Japan, the English defeated the Americans 45-7 with current Captain Bryce Campbell scoring the USA’s lone try.

Head Coach Gary Gold said, “We’ve had a good few days in England getting the guys back together with several productive training sessions under our belts. For us, the important thing is to ensure our younger players are exposed to this quality of competition early and often in their playing career. As we look ahead to World Cup qualification against Canada and now two test matches against Ireland, we are confident we will see the experience of these games pay dividends heading into the next two World cup cycles.”

USA Men’s XVs National Team Roster

PLAYER NAME	POSITION	CLUB	CAPS
1. David Ainu’u	Prop	Toulouse (FRA)	9
2. Mikey Sosene-Feagai	Hooker	Old Glory DC	5
3. Paul Mullen	Prop	Utah Warriors	18
4. Gregory Peterson	Lock	Newcastle Falcons (ENG)	30
5. Nick Civetta	Lock	Rugby United New York	26
6. Jamason Fa’anana-Schultz	Flanker	Old Glory DC	2
7. Riekert Hattingh	Flanker	Seattle Seawolves	Uncapped
8. Cam Dolan	No. 8	NOLA Gold	51
9. Ruben de Haas	Scrumhalf	Austin Gilgronis	17
10. Luke Carty	Flyhalf	LA Giltinis	Uncapped
11. Mika Kruse	Wing	Utah Warriors	Uncapped
12. Bryce Campbell	Center	Austin Gilgronis	32
13. Marcel Brache	Center	Western Force (AUS)	23
14. Mikey Te’o	Wing	Utah Warriors	28
15. Will Hooley	Fullback	Saracens (ENG)	15
16. Joe Taufete’e	Reserve	Lyon (FRA)	27
17. Matt Harmon	Reserve	NOLA Gold	Uncapped
18. Dino Waldren	Reserve	NOLA gold	19
19. Nate Brakeley	Reserve	Rugby United New York	23
20. Psalm Wooching	Reserve	San Diego Legion	4
21. Hanco Germishuys	Reserve	Rugby United New York	21
22. Michael Baska	Reserve	Utah Warriors	Uncapped
23. Calvin Whiting	Reserve	Utah Warriors	1