NEWS
USA Rugby and Rugby Canada Name Full Squads for Upcoming Rugby World Cup Qualifiers
The Major League Rugby season may be over, but there’s still a lot of rugby to look forward to. Beginning this Saturday, September 4th, USA Rugby faces Rugby Canada for the first Rugby World Cup qualifier match.
Schedule
Saturday, Sep 4 | USA @ Canada | 1:30pm ET
Saturday, Sep 11 | Canada @ USA | 9:00pm ET
Learn more and purchase tickets for the September 4th match in Canada, here. Learn more and purchase tickets for the September 11th match in the U.S., here. Fans in the US can watch both matches on FloRugby, and fans in Canada can watch on Premier Sports.
Below are the full squad lists for both teams, featuring 24 MLR athletes on each roster, designated with an asterisk.
USA RUGBY 31-MAN ROSTER
| PLAYER NAME | POSITION | CLUB | CAPS |
| David Ainu’u | Prop | Toulouse | 11 |
| Nate Augspurger* | Scrumhalf / Wing | San Diego Legion | 26 |
| Michael Baska* | Scrumhalf | Utah Warriors | 2 |
| Benjamin Bonasso* | Back Row | Rugby United New York | Uncapped |
| Marcel Brache | Center / Fullback | Unattached | 24 |
| Nate Brakeley* | Lock | Rugby United New York | 25 |
| Bryce Campbell* | Center | Austin Gilgronis | 34 |
| Luke Carty* | Flyhalf / Center | LA Giltinis | 2 |
| Nick Civetta* | Lock | Rugby United New York | 28 |
| Ruben de Haas | Scrumhalf | Saracens (ENG) | 19 |
| Cam Dolan* | No. 8 | NOLA Gold | 53 |
| Christian Dyer | Wing | USA Sevens | 2 |
| Jamason Fa’anana-Schultz* | Flanker / No. 8 | Old Glory DC | 3 |
| Dylan Fawsitt* | Hooker | Rugby United New York | 15 |
| Hanco Germishuys* | Flanker | Rugby United New York | 23 |
| Andrew Guerra* | Flanker | NOLA Gold | 1 |
| Matt Harmon* | Prop | NOLA Gold | 2 |
| Ryan James* | Wing | LA Giltinis | uncapped |
| Mika Kruse* | Wing / Center | Utah Warriors | 2 |
| AJ MacGinty | Flyhalf | Sale Sharks (ENG) | 28 |
| Will Magie* | Fullback | Austin Gilgronis | 27 |
| Siaosi Mahoni* | Lock | San Diego Legion | 2 |
| Ryan Matyas* | Wing / Center | San Diego Legion | 12 |
| Paul Mullen* | Prop | Utah Warriors | 20 |
| Gregory Peterson | Lock | Newcastle Falcons | 32 |
| Kapeliele Pifeleti | Hooker | Saracens (ENG) | 4 |
| Mikey Sosene-Feagai* | Hooker | Old Glory DC | 6 |
| Joe Taufete’e | Prop | Lyon (FRA) | 29 |
| Tesimoni Tonga’uiha* | Flanker | NOLA Gold | uncapped |
| Dino Waldren* | Prop | NOLA Gold | 21 |
| Chance Wenglewski* | Prop | Rugby ATL | 6 |
RUGBY CANADA 30-MAN ROSTER
- Kyle Baillie* – Summerside, PEI – Nola Gold
- Ross Braude* – Pretoria, SA – Toronto Arrows
- Cooper Coats – Halifax, NS – Canada Rugby 7’s
- Cole Davis* – Calgary, AB – Austin Gilgronis
- Foster DeWitt – Courtney, BC – Pacific Pride
- Mason Flesch* – Cobourg, ON – Toronto Arrows
- Matt Heaton* – Godmanchester, QC – Rugby ATL
- Jason Higgins* – Cork, Ire – Toronto Arrows
- Eric Howard* – Ottawa, ON – Nola Gold
- Jake Ilnicki* – Williams Lake, BC – Unattached
- Spencer Jones* – Cambridge, NZ – Toronto Arrows
- Cole Keith* – Apohaqui, NB – Toronto Arrows
- Will Kelly* – Ancaster, ON – Toronto Arrows
- Conor Keys* – Stittsvile, ON – Rugby ATL
- Lachlan Kratz* – Victoria, BC – Nola Gold
- Ben Lesage* – Calgary, AB – Toronto Arrows
- Kainoa Lloyd – Mississauga, ONT – James Bay AA
- Peter Nelson – Dungannon, UK – Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne
- Quinn Ngawati* – Victoria, BC – Rugby United NY
- Patrick Parfrey* – St. John’s NFLD – Toronto Arrows/Swilers RFC
- Rob Povey* – Long Buckby, ENG – Houston Sabercats
- Andrew Quattrin* – Holland Landing – ON – Toronto Arrows
- Tyler Rowland* – Mississauga, ON – Toronto Arrows
- Lucas Rumball* – Markham, ON – Toronto Arrows
- Djustice Sears-Duru* – Oakville, ON – Seattle Seawolves
- Michael Smith* – White Rock, BC – San Diego Legion
- Corey Thomas* – Perth, Western AUS – LA Giltinis
- Matt Tierney – Oakville, ON – Castres Olympique
- Siaki Vikilani* – Burnaby, BC – Toronto Arrows
- Brock Webster – Uxbridge, ON –Â Canada Rugby 7’s
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