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The team arrives in England on Saturday, March 29, and will train in Kirton in Lindsey before taking on West Suffolk College on March 31 at the RAF Kirton in Lindsey.
The U19s then travel to Paviors RFC, where they meet the NLD U20s on Wednesday, April 2 and conclude the tour with a match against Rotherdam Academy on Friday, April 4.
“We did not remotely play to our potential against the Rugby Canada U20s in February’s Freedom Cup event, but we are hopeful this trip will be a team building instrument that inculcates pride in wearing the Eagle shirt,” USA U19 head coach Mike Kwedar said.
“Going forward we must learn from our past errors and work to improve all aspects of our game. The primary focus of this tour will be confidence in contact.”
The players selected to the U19 squad:
Forwards – Matthew Edison (W. Suffolk College – UK), Zach Fenoglio (Loyola Marymount Univ.), Chris Ferrante (TCU RFC), Matthew Freimuth (Alpharetta RFC), Andrew Hanske (Minnetonka – Minn.), Wesley Haughton (Brevard County, Fla.), Paul Jarvis (Greenwich H.S. – Conn.), Anthony Koroilaves (San Francisco Golden Gate), John Lalor (Notre Dame), Matt Loftus (San Francisco Golden Gate), Joel Marek (Houston, Texas), Ryan McTiernan (Xavier – N.Y.), Bobby Mulvaney (Igantius RFC – Ill.), Dominic Patrick (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Colin Robinson (Washington State), Spencer Sarver (Colorado State Univ.) and Barry Sheehan (Garryowen Academy – Ire.)
Backs – Alec Agate (Hopkins – Minn.), Joseph Baker (Unionville, Pa.), John Burke (Xavier – N.Y.), Spencer Cameron (San Francisco Golden Gate), Colton Cariaga (Carolina Youth Rugby), Joshua Faoa (East Palo Alto), Trent Fischer (Univ. of Arizona), Justin Hill (Univ. of South Florida), Matthew Johnson (West H.S./SMAC – Tenn.), Mike Richards (Great Plains), Mark Rowley (Garryowen Academy – Ire.), Chris Saint (Penn State) and Malaki Unga (Eastside – Portland, Ore.)
Men’s U19 staff:
Head coach - Mike Kwedar
Assistant head coach - Paule Barford
Assistant coach - Jason Payne
Physio - Dr Thomas Binzer