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

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and at several

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tournaments.

History

The U20 program was originally a U19 team. With the decision by the

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to merge their U19 and

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s to form the

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

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. The U.S. won the

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under head coach

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World Rugby Under 20 Championship and Trophy

Current squad

Squad for the

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Management

*Billy Millard - Head Coach *David Williams - Assistant Coach * Luke Gross - Assistant Coach *Michael Engelbrecht - Assistant Coach *Dennis Greenhill JR - Physiotherapist *Terrence Cronin - Team Doctor

Notable players

Scoring leaders

Madison Hughes Madison John Hughes (born October 26, 1992) is a rugby union player who was the captain of the United States national rugby sevens team from 2014 until he stepped away from the team in late 2021. Hughes was named captain of the United States nati ...

- 82 points scored (including 12 penalties & 6 tries) in JWRT competitions. * Robert Johnson - 35 points scored (including 12 conversions) in JWRT competitions. *

Tai Enosa Tai Enosa (born 1 October 1989, in American Samoa) is an American rugby union player who plays fly-half for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR). Professional rugby career Enosa has played for the United States national unde ...

- 3 drop goals in JRWT competitions (tied for all-time lead among players from all countries).

Graduates to men’s national team

The following players, who have played for the US youth team, have also gone on to represent the senior men's team in 15s or 7s: *

- 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 Todd Stanger Clever (born January 16, 1983) is an American retired rugby union player. He became the first American to play Super Rugby. At the international level, he was a member of the United States national team, served as captain, and is t ...

Mike Petri Michael Zachary Petri (born August 16, 1984) is a former American rugby union player who played for Rugby United New York (RUNY) of Major League Rugby (MLR). His position was scrum-half. He is known as "Peaches" by his teammates. He currently i ...

Takudzwa Ngwenya Takudzwa Ngwenya (born 22 July 1985) is a former rugby union player who played on the wing for the United States national rugby union team and Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14. He made his mark in the 2007 Rugby World Cup with tries against Sout ...

- 2009 JWRT scored 23 pts *

Zack Test Zachary "Zack" Test (born October 13, 1989) is a retired American rugby union player who played for the United States national rugby sevens team. With 143 career tries in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Test led all U.S. players in tries scored un ...

- 2009 JWRT scored 3 tries *

Peter Tiberio Peter Tiberio (born April 26, 1989) is an American rugby union player who plays for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR). At 5'11", 180 lbs, he plays wing for the United States national rugby sevens team and has represented the ...

- 2009 JWRT started 3 matches *

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- 2009 JWRT team captainhttp://www.irb.com/jwrt/teams/team=2606/player=35569/index.html

References

External links

www.usarugby.org
{{US Rugby R National under-20 rugby union teams