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
Team kit Change kit
First international
United States 18–108 South Africa (6 June 2008)
Largest win
United States 64-15 Cayman Islands (21 June 2009)
Largest defeat
England 109–0 United States (13 June 2013)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2008)
Best result	1st, 2012 JWRT

The United States national under-20 rugby union team 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.

World Rugby Under 20 Championship and Trophy

Junior World Championship/Trophy

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

Current Squad

Squad for the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.^[1]

Forwards James Gannon Marshall Godfrey Titi Lamositele Val Lee-lo Benjamin Tarr Codi Jones Oliver Drew Tyler Enfield Max Robertson Christian Wiessing Zach Bonte Hanco Germishuys Peter Malcolm Ben Pinkelman Ruairi Van Raalte Vili Toluta'u

Backs Mike Reid Erik Thompson Ben Cima Niall Barry Gabe Farley Seth Halliman Joe Kelly Nemia Qoro David Todd James Vaifale Connar Wallace-Sims Scott Dean

Management

• Billy Millard - Head Coach
• Dave Williams - Assistant Coach
• Luke Gross - Assistant Coach
• Michael Engelbrecht - Assistant Coach
• Dennis Greenhill JR - Physiotherapist
• Terrence Cronin - Team Doctor

Notable Players

All-Time Scoring Leaders

• Madison Hughes - 82 points scored (including 12 penalties & 6 tries) in JWRT competitions.^[2]
• Robert Johnson - 35 points scored (including 12 conversions) in JWRT competitions.^[3]
• Tai Enosa - 3 drop goals in JRWT competitions (tied for all-time lead among players from all countries).^[4]

Graduates to Men's National Team

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

• Todd Clever
• Mike Petri
• Takudzwa Ngwenya
• Tai Enosa - 2009 JWRT scored 23 pts^[5]
• Zack Test - 2009 JWRT scored 3 tries^[6]
• Peter Tiberio - 2009 JWRT started 3 matches^[7]
• Cam Dolan - 2009 JWRT team captain^[8]

References

1. http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=4061/index.html
2. IRB JWRT, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html
3. IRB, Junior World Rugby Trophy, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html
4. IRB, Junior World Rugby Trophy, player statistics, http://www.irb.com/jwrt/statistics/playerStatistics.html
5. http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35570/index.html
6. http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=32424/index.html
7. http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35584/index.html
8. http://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35569/index.html

External links

• www.usarugby.org