United States national under-20 rugby union team
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 U.S. won the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy under head coach Scott Lawrence.
World Rugby Under 20 Championship and Trophy
Current squad
Squad for the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.Forwards
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Management
Notable players
Scoring leaders
- Madison Hughes - 82 points scored in JWRT competitions.
- Robert Johnson - 35 points scored in JWRT competitions.
- Tai Enosa - 3 drop goals in JRWT competitions.
Graduates to men’s national team
- Madison Hughes - A key player in the USA U20's to their first JWRT victory, scoring 100 points to become the all time JWRT leading scorer. Hughes captained the USA Seven's 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