This years tournament was played in Romania. There are only 8 nations that participate. I wish Rugby would expand this tournament to 16 teams. Why...well The USA didnt qualify. They missed for 2 years running. The have to qualify against Canada every year. THE USA u-20 failed to qualify for the 2017 and 2018 tournament 2 years running.
Here I am thinking if the USA qualified they could have a change to win and get promoted. Well, if Canada, the team that beat the USA didnt win a game at all. would the USA.
That right, Canada lost every group game. They would up playing the host Romania for final seeding. They did beat Romania but remember Romania didnt have to qualify. This tournament was a gift to Romania.
Well, Even after the USA U-20 failed to qualify for the last 2 tournaments i have faith in USA Rugby. I think USA Rugby is getting more organized each year. This years all American team beat a professional MLR team Glendale Raptors. That right, this young team beat a pro team. Just so you know, the Raptors use this game as an exhibition and didnt use all of their top players. The good news is, once the All American were in camp and started to understnad each other their game started to florish. I wish the camp as befor the qualification with Canana.
Oh will. The next big game will be next June 2019 against our Arch Rival in Rugby (Canada). I do not understand how the USA lost so badly the first game 60-22 on home soil to Canada. I just have to believe the USA was just now ready to match Canada intensity and not prepared.
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