USA Selects

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.

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

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.

CompetitionResultsFinishTop Try
Scorer		Top Points
Scorer
2009 ARC0–24thKevin Swiryn (3)Kevin Swiryn (15)
2010 ARC1–23rdSamu Manoa (2)Nese Malifa (13)
2012 ARC0–34thEric Duechle (1)Zack Pangelinan (6)
2013 ARC2–12ndD. Barrett; T. Maupin (2)Joe Cowley (24)
2014 ARC2–12ndTim Stanfill (4)T. Stanfill (20)
2016 APC1–25thMartin IosefoBen Cima (33)
2017 APC2–12ndHanco Germishuys (4)JP Eloff (17)
2018 APC0–36thRyan Matyas (3)Dylan Audsley (28)

Roster

USA Selects 27-man roster for the uncapped 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge in October 2018.[2]

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Pat O'Toole Hooker (1995-01-05) January 5, 1995 0 San Diego Legion
Kapeli Pifeleti Hooker (1999-09-01) September 1, 1999 0 Saracens
Alex Maughan Hooker (1994-10-29) October 29, 1994 1 Life University
John Hayden Prop (1991-12-28) December 28, 1991 0 Seattle Seawolves
Cam Falcon Prop (1993-08-18) August 18, 1993 0 New Orleans Gold
Angus MacLellan Prop (1992-08-24) August 24, 1992 5 Utah Warriors
Kelepi Fifita Prop (1995-08-23) August 23, 1995 0 Glendale Raptors
Chance Wenglewski Prop (1997-09-04) September 4, 1997 0 Lindenwood University
Nate Brakeley Lock (1989-08-31) August 31, 1989 15 Rugby United New York
Matt Jensen Lock (1992-04-21) April 21, 1992 7 Utah Warriors
Taylor Krumrei Lock (1992-07-02) July 2, 1992 0 Seattle Seawolves
Hanco Germishuys Flanker (1996-08-24) August 24, 1996 8 Austin Elite
Vili Toluta’u Flanker (1994-01-24) January 24, 1994 1 Seattle Seawolves
Psalm Wooching Flanker (1994-01-16) January 16, 1994 3 Seattle Saracens
Brendan Daly Number 8 (1990-12-20) December 20, 1990 2 SFGG
Robles Thomas Number 8 (1994-10-27) October 27, 1994 0 University of California
Nick Boyer Scrum-half (1993-07-17) July 17, 1993 0 San Diego Legion
Holden Yungert Scrum-half (1993-07-17) July 17, 1993 0 New Orleans
Devereaux Ferris Scrum-half (1994-10-24) October 24, 1994 0 Life West
JP Eloff Fly-half (1991-05-28) May 28, 1991 9 New Orleans
Conor Kearns Fly-half (1993-03-12) March 12, 1993 0 San Diego Legion
Dylan Audsley Centre (1994-01-15) January 15, 1994 6 San Diego Legion
Anthony Salaber Centre (1994-09-24) September 24, 1994 0 San Diego Legion
Mika Kruse Centre (1998-06-27) June 27, 1998 0 Glendale Raptors
Zach Young Centre (1996-02-15) February 15, 1996 0 University of Arkansas
Ryan Matyas Wing (1990-12-24) December 24, 1990 10 San Diego Legion
Tim Maupin Wing (1989-03-23) March 23, 1989 7 New Orleans Gold
Mitch Wilson Fullback (1996-04-15) April 15, 1996 0 Life University

References
  1. "Eagles Select XVs defeat Canada 30-10 at Americas Rugby Championship", USA Rugby, October 15, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  2. "Roster announced for Selects' tour to South America". Archived from the original on April 14, 2015.
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