Nelspruit, South Africa. June 20th. The USA U20 WNT announced the team to play the first game against the South Africa U20 WNT on Saturday June 21st. The game will be played at the Nelspruit Rugby School at 3pm local time.
“The quality of the player on this team is much higher than previous years and this made selections difficult” said Head Coach Bryn Chivers. The South African side is new this year and while they have played a couple of games in the last month very little is know about them. “We really don’t know anything about the South African side with the exception of the couple of players they have on their Senior 15’s and senior 7’s squads. We’ve heard that they will be very big in the tight five with and fast in the back three” commented Chivers.
U20 WNT Backs coach Tasha Bishop thinks that her gals will be up for the challenge and this will make for a very enjoyable game of rugby. The speed match ups will be interesting. “We are excited about the unknown challenges the South African back line will present to us.” Forwards coach Sue Oldenburg looks at the size of the South African forwards as a challenge in the set but has hopes that the US pack will offer their own challenge with their speed in the open field play.
USA U20 Team
1 Rachel Sommer West Linn, OR
2 Brittany Woodard Hyde School, DC
3 Jay Marie Hill Stanford
4 Anneke Brand Texas Tech
5 Maggie Reidy Divine Savior, WI
6 Candace Barley Maryville, TN
7 Katie Johnson Hopkins, MN
8 Alex Hartley Brown
9 BriAnna Barto Summit, CO
10 Lisa Henneman (C) Seattle Women
11 Tyra McGrady Indiana
12 Marie Timm USMA
13 Catherine Turnerdrown Riverton,UT
14 Seymi Salamy State College, PA
15 Sadie Anderson Fort Collins, CO
16 Joanna Kitlinski Grand Valley State
17 Tayo Mafe Michigan State
18 Mallory Ives Colorado State
19 Jozy Gessner Summit, CO
20 Catherine Parkhill Armstrong, MN
21 Kayla Morisoli San Jose State
22 Blaine Martin Brown
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Friday, June 20, 2008
The USA U20 WNT Select for South Africa Game.
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go get um usa!
you go girl yeah brie
From SARFU Website.
21 June 2008 (Posted: 18:59)
The South African Under-20 Womens team kicked off their preparations for the Womens Rugby World Cup with a 23-12 win over their USA counterparts at Nelspruit High School today. Half-time score was 8-7.
In a cool partly-cloudy weather with no wind, the South Africans opened their account in the sixth minute with a try by winger Lindiwe Masole. Fly-half Zenay Jordaan failed to convert.
However, the Americans replied four minutes later with a try by flanker Katherine Johnson. Fly-half Lisa Hennenans conversion gave the visitors their maximum points for the afternoon.
The home side ended the first half with a lead in the 25th minute when Masole scored a penalty kick.
In the second half, the Americans were subjected to further Masole punishment when she earned her team three points in the 48th minute, after a penalty against the visitors.
Two tries within three minutes sealed the fate of the Americans when centre Celeste April scored in the 52nd minute and full-back Aimee Barrett (captain) in the 55th. Masole failed to convert the former but was successful with the latter.
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