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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, 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.

History

The U20 program was originally a U19 team. 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

Current squad

Match day squad for the 2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy qualifier against Canada.

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.
• Robert Johnson - 35 points scored (including 12 conversions) in JWRT competitions.
• Tai Enosa - 3 drop goals in JRWT competitions (tied for all-time lead among players from all countries).

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
• Zack Test - 2009 JWRT scored 3 tries
• Peter Tiberio - 2009 JWRT started 3 matches
• Cam Dolan - 2009 JWRT team captain

See also

• United States national under-23 rugby union team (Collegiate All Americans)

References

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

External links

• www.usarugby.org

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