USA Selects

USA Selects

Union	USA Rugby
Nickname(s)	USA Selects
Coach(es)	Mike Tolkin
Team kit Change kit
Official website
www.usarugby.org

The USA Selects is the second national rugby team for the United States, usually used for uncapped matches and domestic club sides. The primary national team is known as the USA Eagles or the United States national rugby union team.

The USA Selects participates in the Americas Rugby Championship, a tournament featuring the "A" sides for Argentina, Canada, the United States, and Uruguay. The ARC is an annual tournament that has been played every year since 2009 (except for Rugby World Cup years), and replaces the North America 4 competition. The USA Selects best result in the ARC was in 2013, when the USA Selects beat Canada A to take second place.^[1] In April and May 2015, the Select side will be used for the United States 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches in South America, which will be staged for the Eagles 2015 Rugby World Cup preparations.^[2]

Results

The following table shows the results of the USA Selects during annual competitions — usually during the Americas Rugby Championship, except during World Cup years. The ARC is held every year, except during Rugby World Cup years. In 2016 The Americas Pacific Challenge replaced the ARC as the developmental tournament for the USA Selects.

Roster

USA Selects 29-man roster for the uncapped RWC warm-up matches to South America in April 2015.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Zach Fenoglio Hooker (1989-07-29) July 29, 1989 7 Glendale Raptors Mike Shepherd Hooker (1989-10-17) October 17, 1989 0 Seattle Saracens Phil Thiel Hooker (1984-10-29) October 29, 1984 26 Life University Chris Baumann Prop (1987-05-18) May 18, 1987 0 Santa Monica Olive Kilifi Prop (1986-09-28) September 28, 1986 10 Seattle Saracens Angus Maclellan Prop (1992-08-24) August 24, 1992 0 Davenport University Nicholas Wallace Prop (1989-10-16) October 16, 1989 14 Glendale Raptors Nick Barrett Lock (1993-05-20) May 20, 1993 0 Metropolis RFC John Cullen Lock (1990-05-16) May 16, 1990 3 Seattle Saracens Ben Landry Lock 0 Seattle Saracens Louis Stanfill (c) Lock (1985-05-30) May 30, 1985 51 Seattle Saracens John Quill Flanker (1990-03-10) March 10, 1990 10 NYAC Kyle Sumsion Flanker (1990-01-24) January 24, 1990 5 Brigham Young Uni. Matt Trouville Flanker (1986-06-09) June 9, 1986 3 Seattle Saracens Teli Veamatahau Flanker (1993-09-17) September 17, 1993 0 Metropolis RFC Alastair McFarland Number 8 0 NYAC Niku Kruger Scrum-half 0 Kutztown Golden Bears Robbie Shaw Scrum-half (1983-07-24) July 24, 1983 12 Bristol Shalom Suniula Scrum-half (1988-05-06) May 6, 1988 9 Seattle Saracens Colton Cariaga Fly-half 0 Life University Alan MacGinty Fly-half 0 Life University Seamus Kelly Centre (1991-05-30) May 30, 1991 15 SFGG Ben Leatigaga Centre (1988-01-25) January 25, 1988 0 OMBA Chad London Centre (1988-09-27) September 27, 1988 1 Glendale Raptors Ronnie McLean Centre (1985-06-05) June 5, 1985 1 Ealing Trailfinders Lemoto Filikitonga Wing (1993-05-23) May 23, 1993 0 Metropolis RFC Zachary Pangelinan Wing (1988-06-16) June 16, 1988 2 OMBA Tim Stanfill Wing (1989-04-07) April 7, 1989 4 Seattle Saracens Troy Hall Fullback (1982-05-16) May 16, 1982 2 NYAC

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