United States national under-20 rugby union team

United States U-20

Union

USA Rugby

Nickname(s)

Junior Eagles

Coach(es)

Billy Millard

Top scorer

Madison Hughes (82)

Team kit

Change kit

First international

United States 18–108 South Africa

(June 6, 2008)

Largest win

United States 64–15 Cayman Islands

(June 21, 2009)

Largest defeat

England 109–0 United States

(June 13, 2013)

World Cup

Best result

12th, 2013 IRB Junior World Championship

The United States national under-20 rugby union team, for sponsorship reasons known as the AIG Men's Junior All-Americans,^[1] is the United States' junior rugby team at the national level. The U-20 team has competed at the IRB Junior World Championship and at several IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy tournaments.

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History

The U20 program was originally a U19 team.^[2] With the decision by the International Rugby Board to merge their U19 and Under 21 Rugby World Championships to form the IRB Junior World Championship for U20 players effective as of the 2008 season, the team evolved into a U20 team to participate in the new competitions.

The first competition for the U20 team was on June 6, 2008, against South Africa. The United States won the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy under head coach Scott Lawrence.

World Rugby Under 20 Championship and Trophy

**Junior World Championship/Trophy**
Year	Competition	Pld	Win	Draw	Loss	PF	PA	Diff	Finish
2008	Championship	5	0	0	5	68	240	–172	16th
2009	Trophy	4	2	0	2	138	97	+41	2nd
2010	Trophy	DNQ
2011	Trophy	4	1	0	3	82	152	–70	7th
2012	Trophy	4	4	0	0	149	82	+67	1st
2013	Championship	3	0	0	3	3	251	–248	12th
2014	Trophy	4	3	0	1	98	63	+33	3rd
2015	Trophy	DNQ
2016	Trophy	4	2	0	2	124	106	+26	5th
2017	Trophy	DNQ
2018	Trophy	DNQ
2019	Trophy	DNQ
2023	Trophy	4	1	0	3	128	133	–5	7th

Current squad

Match day squad for the 2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy qualifier against Canada.^[3]


1	Thomas Wagner	University of New South Wales (UNSW)
2	Cade Crist	University of California - Berkeley
3	Connor Devos	Lindenwood University
4	Dylan Fortune	Lindenwood University
5	Will Sherman	UCLA
6	Cameron McAlpine	United Kingdom
7	Hayden McKay	Young Glory (Old Glory DC)
8	Aidan Christians	USA Hawks
9	Cormac Saint	University of California - Berkeley
10	Hugh O'Kennedy	Trinity College - Dublin
11	Sosaia Pongi	St. Mary's College of California
12	Aki Pulu	American Raptors
13	Dominic Besag	St. Mary's College of California
14	Corbin Smith	Hartpury University
15	Steffan Crimp	Cardiff Metropolitan University
Substitutions:
16	Gabriel Hayden (No. 24)	Canterbury RFC (UK)
17	Trevion Reed (No. 25)	Queens University
18	Leon Best	Life University
19	Logan Ballinger	Life University
20	Henry Duke	Unattached
21	Oliver Cline	Central Washington University
22	Thomas Hannon	Indiana University
23	Aaron Faison	Life University
Coach:
Kyle Sumsion

Management

Kyle Sumsion - Head coach
Colton Cariaga - Assistant coach
Elvis Seveali'i - Assistant coach
Neethling Gericke - Assistant coach
Matoko Noudehou - Performance Coach

George Janke - Performance Analyst

Zach Fornier - Physiotherapist
Gary McMahon - Team Manager

Notable players

Scoring leaders

Madison Hughes - 82 points scored (including 12 penalties & 6 tries) in JWRT competitions.^[4]
Robert Johnson - 35 points scored (including 12 conversions) in JWRT competitions.^[5]
Tai Enosa - 3 drop goals in JRWT competitions (tied for all-time lead among players from all countries).^[6]

Graduates to men's national team

The following players, who have played for the U.S. youth team, have also gone on to represent the senior men's team in 15s or 7s:

Madison Hughes - A key player in the U.S. U20s to their first JWRT victory, scoring 100 points to become the all-time JWRT leading scorer. Hughes captained the U.S. Sevens team bound for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Todd Clever
Mike Petri
Takudzwa Ngwenya
Tai Enosa - 2009 JWRT scored 23 pts^[7]
Zack Test - 2009 JWRT scored 3 tries^[8]
Peter Tiberio - 2009 JWRT started 3 matches^[9]
Cam Dolan - 2009 JWRT team captain^[10]

References

^ "Men's Junior All-Americans". USA Rugby. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
^ "On the Under 20 team's next chapter". www.gainline.us. July 5, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
^ "USA Men's U20s look to close out qualification in second match of World Rugby Trophy". USA Rugby. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
^ IRB JWRT, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ IRB, Junior World Rugby Trophy, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ IRB, Junior World Rugby Trophy, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35570/index.html^{[dead link]}
^ http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=32424/index.html^{[dead link]}
^ http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35584/index.html^{[dead link]}
^ http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35569/index.html^{[dead link]}

External links

www.usarugby.org

United States national rugby union team

USA Rugby

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Titles

Olympics	1920 1924

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By opponent	Canada France Ireland
World Cup qualifiers	1991

Tours

Australia	1990 1999
Europe	1924 1977 1987 1997 1998 1999 2000 2004
Japan	1985 1990 2008

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