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Written by Pat Clifton    Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:15    PDF Print Write e-mail
New York Times Talks Rugby
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George Vecsey of the New York Times recently ran a story on rugby in America, talking about the Eagles underdog status, the growth of the youth game and the impact the broadcasting of the Rugby World Cup in the United States could have.

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Written by RUGBYMag Staff    Sunday, 14 August 2011 15:13    PDF Print Write e-mail
Eagle Injury Update
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Chris Wyles and James Paterson were listed as unavailable due to injury on the Eagles two rosters to face Canada. All along it seemed Paterson was the more questionable of the two, but that's no longer the case.

Wyles will most likely not be back in time to play against Japan and may even be in a race to recover for the World Cup opener against Ireland Sept. 11.

On the other hand, Paterson has been fully involved in training, sans contact. He is fit and could well be ready to go against Japan Sunday.

 
Written by Pat Clifton    Saturday, 13 August 2011 22:21    PDF Print Write e-mail
Eagles Squander Opportunity Against Canada
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Despite numerous threats at the Canadian try line, the Eagles mustered just one touch down in their 27-7 loss to Canada Saturday at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colo.

“I’m proud of the boys,” said captain Todd Clever after the loss. “We had possession, we had the ball in their end, and we did everything but break the defense.”

They trailed just 10-7 at intermission, with Nese Malifa missing two penalties from the right side of the field and the Eagles scoring just the one try, even though Canada spent nearly 20 minutes with a personnel disadvantage after receiving two yellow cards.

Three times after Malifa’s second miss the Eagles opted to kick for field position on penalties instead of going for posts. Each time they came up empty handed.

The lone American try was forced into pay dirt by fullback Blaine Scully after he tracked down a short-range grubber by Nese Malifa.

The Eagles squandered numerous promising possessions with knocks, penalties resulting from a lack of support and poor decision making. Andrew Suniula twice kicked the ball in attack when it perhaps would have been a better decision to keep the ball in hand. Both times the Eagles came away empty-handed.  

At the beginning of the second half, Takudzwa Ngwenya made a penetrating break and dished to Louis Stanfill, who carried the ball over the tryline but failed to touch it down. The TMO confirmed the flanker didn’t ground the ball, and Canada scored 17-straight to clinch victory.

Much more reaction from Infinity Park to come.

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Written by Alex Goff    Sunday, 14 August 2011 16:52    PDF Print Write e-mail
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Audion Interview: RUGBYMag.com Editor Alex Goff speaks with USA No. 8 Nic Johnson about the disappointment in the USA's loss to Canada and what's next.

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Written by Pat Clifton    Saturday, 13 August 2011 21:37    PDF Print Write e-mail
Eagles Trail 10-7 at the Half
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The first half of the Eagles rematch against Canada Saturday in Glendale, Colo. was reminiscent of the bulk of the game in Toronto a week earlier --  the Americans got the better of possession and phase play, but some critical errors led to a Canadian advantage.

Canada scored first when American hooker Chris Biller made a line break and John van der Giessen bobbled the ball at the back of the ensuing ruck. Canada’s DTH van der Merwe scooped up the loose ball and raced untouched for a centered try.

Canada then stretched their lead to 10 with a penalty. Eagle fly half Nese Malifa missed his two first-half shots at goal, both from near the vertical five-meter line.

Canada was shown two yellow cards for ruck infringements in the first 40 minutes, but not until the very end of the second power play did the Eagles finally capitalize and score, when a short-range grubber from Nese Malifa was dove on in the try zone by Blaine Scully. Malifa hit the difficult conversion, pulling the Eagles to within three.

Directly after the restart Canada went back on the front foot, drawing a penalty, but the try for posts was unsuccessful, leaving them up 10-7, as they’d end the half.

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