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The game started well for the USA and several early attacks looked promising.
Unfortunately, the Americans then had a six minute lapse in concentration that resulted in England scoring three tries, all in the corners. The game settled down for twenty minutes until England scored a fourth try in injury time.
The second half saw England score four more tries before the USA answered with a try of its own in the 67th minute by Brittany Rose. The conversion by Cat Parkhill made the final score 40-7.
“The team came out strong, but unfortunately lost their concentration in key situations,” said USA U20 head coach Bryn Chivers.
“You’re never happy with this sort of score, but I thought there were things we did well today. The forwards more than held their own with the very physical England pack, and that bodes well for the upcoming game against Canada.”
Wales beat Canada in the day’s other game and a USA win or tie against Canada on Wednesday, July 15, could put them through to the final if England beat Wales in their final game.
For more information on the Women’s Under-20 side, please visit www.usarugby.org/goto/womens_u20
England 40, USA 7
England 40
Tries: Wild, Cook, Bree, Cornborough, Packer, Hunt, Davey, Heather
EnglandU20s: 15 Kimberley Davey (Richmond), 14 Lizell Heather (Kettering), 13 Alex Cook (Bath), 12 Gemma Rowland (Exeter University), 11 Samantha Bree (Worcester), 10 Sarah McKenna (Old Albanian Saints) Vice Captain, 9 Hannah Walker-Smart (Paviors), 1 Victoria Cornborough (Richmond), 2 Davinia Monteiro (Bath), 3 Elizabeth Peak (Oakmedians), 4 Amy Millar (Reading), 5 Charlotte Wild (Leeds Met Uni), 6 Juliet Short (Darlington Mowden Park Sharks), 7 Marlie Packer (Bath) Captain, 8 Harriet Mills (Manchester)
Replacements: 16 Charlotte Male (Plymouth Albion), 17 Sasha Acheson (Sudbury), 18 Nicola Hoole (Bath), 19 Hannah Field (Reading), 20 Jessie-Joy Flowers (West Park), 21 Claire Garner (Leeds Leos), 22 Natasha Hunt (Bath)
Substitutions: Hunt for Cook (20), Field for Packer (55), Acheson for Cornborough (55), Hoole for Mills (58), Garner for McKenna (60), Male for Millar (60), Flowers for Walker-Smart (60)
USA 7
Tries: Rose
Conversions: Parkhill
USA U20s: 15 Sadie Anderson (Penn State), 14 Tyra McGrady (Indiana), 13 Brooke LeGate (Maryville), 12 Lisa Henneman (Seattle), 11 Asia Donaldson (Santa Monica), 10 Amelia Villines (Stanford), 9 Brittany Houston (UW-Milwaukee), 1 Katherine Hathaway (Norwich), 2 Brittany Woodard (Virginia State), 3 Mallory Ives (Colorado State), 4 Rebecca Holmes (Nebraska), 5 Brittany Rose West Chester East), 6 Erin LeGate (Maryville), 7 Jozephine Gessner (Summit), 8 Candace Barley (Maryville)
Replacements: 16 Erika Lane (Chico State), 17 Wendy Sherman (Colorado State), 18 Rachel Sommer (West Linn), 19 Catherine Parkhill (Minnesota), 20 Erica Cavanaugh (Virginia), 21 Kathryn Johnson (Hopkins, Minn.), 22 Jessica Sexauer (Army)
Substitutions: Parkhill for Gessner (45), Johnson for Barley (50), Sherman for Rose (70), Sexauer for McGrady (75)
