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Usavjpn-Program.Pdf TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from the President 2 United States Roster 6-7 Japan Roster 9-10 ‘Til the Motor Stops 13 An American Sporting Experience 22 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to StubHub Center for the USA Eagles’ opening game of the 2014 Pacific Nations Cup tournament and a special welcome to our friends from Japan, one of the form teams in this year’s event arriving in Los Angeles on the back of a strong performance in Canada last weekend, winning 34-25. Now coached by former Wallaby Coach Eddie Jones, we know that the team will be well prepared and dis- ciplined playing with great speed and intensity. Last weekend the Eagles played Scotland in Houston in front of a 20,000 passionate home crowd, but despite their support the Eagles lost 22-6 in a scrappy game that never quite measured up to the pre-match hype. The Eagles certainly put in a gritty performance and the game could have gone either way before a late Scotland try sealed the game in Scotland’s favor. The Eagles will be looking to bounce back tonight, learning lessons from Houston and converting them into actions this evening against Japan. In just over 12 months at the Rugby World Cup, the Eagles will meet both Japan and Scotland in our group, so this month we are all getting an opportunity to size up the opposition. The Eagles finished the 2013 season with strong wins in Europe against Georgia and Russia, in the spring they beat Uruguay to qualify for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and this month they have three home games to continue their development as a team. Coach Mike Tolkin and his staff have already started to shape their Rugby World Cup squad, there is an increasing amount of competition within the squad for places and this will certainly prove a motivating factor for tonight’s game for the Eagles. In the USA the game of rugby is growing at pace with vibrant youth programs starting to develop quality players who are making their way into our National All-American High School and Collegiate teams. This has all been made pos- sible by the commitment of our coaches and administrators who commit hours and hours of their time to support the development of these young players. In Southern California we have one of the strongest Youth programs in the country and I know many of them will be attending their first Eagles game today. I would like to give them a special welcome and hope they leave today’s game dreaming of playing for the Eagles in the future. Have a great evening and may the best team win! Go Eagles! Nigel Melville CEO and President of Rugby Operations USA Rugby 2 1401.042_AIG_AOTG_Ad_Rugby_8x10 1/24/14 4:18 PM Page 1 Stay aHead of the Game® Official Insurance Partner of USA Rugby Protection is the name of the game. Sports injuries happen. Play smart and learn about the signs and symptoms of concussions to protect yourself from further injuries. After all, it’s better to sit out one game than to miss a whole season. Find out more about Concussion Awareness and Prevention at: www.AIG.com/aheadofthegame or [email protected] aHead of the Game @AIG_AOTG AIGAheadOfTheGame Accident & Health (U.S.) Insurance and services provided by member companies of American International Group, Inc. Coverage may not be available in all jurisdictions and is subject to actual policy language. For additional information, please visit our website at www.AIG.com. © American International Group. All rights reserved. 1.14 NAME DOB HOMETOWN POSITION NICK 9/28/1986 Seattle, WA Prop WALLACE U PHIL THIEL 10/28/1984 Traverse City, MI Hooker @PhillipThiel OLIVE 9/13/1987 Davis, CA Prop @FryProp S KILIFI SAMU 5/29/1985 Sacramento, CA Second Row @LouStanfill A MANOA SCOTT 4/10/1985 Sydney, AUS Second Row @Hayden_Smith_ LAVALLA DANNY 1/16/1983 Palm Springs, CA Flanker @ToddsClever R BARRETT TODD 4/4/1988 Olympia, WA Flanker U CLEVER CAMERON 3/6/1990 Ft. Myers, FL Number Eight @Cam_Dolan DOLAN G MIKE PETRI 8/15/1984 Brooklyn, NY Scrum-half SHALOM 6/4/1988 Auckland, NZL Fly-half @ShalomSuniula B SUNIULA @Luke_Hume_ TIM 1/26/1988 New York, NY Wing Y MAUPIN Rugby 6 NAME DOB HOMETOWN POSITION SEAMUS 4/30/1982 American Samoa Center @Suni_3 KELLY FOLAU R 5/30/1991 Queens, NY Center NIUA BLAINE 2/29/1988 Sacramento, CA Wing @blainescully1 O SCULLY CHRIS 9/13/1983 Stamford, CT Fullback @ChrisWyles S WYLES THOMAS 8/26/1988 Cleveland, OH Hooker T COOLICAN ERIC 10/16/1989 Bellingham, WA Prop @NICKtheWALLace FRY E TITI LAM- 2/10/1995 Bellingham, WA Prop @titilamo OSITELE LOUIS 8/28/1980 San Diego, CA Lock @sole_uso R STANFILL @bookemshaaark- KYLE 3/23/1990 Pacifica, CA Wing SUMSION ie CHAD 1/27/1985 East Palo Alto, CA Center LONDON THRETTON 9/27/1988 Johannesburg, RSA Center PALAMO MILES CRAIG- 3/23/1989 Danville, CA Wing WELL 7 TICKETS: starting at $15 TICKETMASTER.COM USA VS. 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(916) 307-6105 OR [email protected] NAME DOB CLUB TEAM POSITION Loosehead MASATAKA 6/4/1988 Brave Lupus MIKAMI Prop SHOTA 1/21/1986 Wild Knights Hooker J HORIE KENSUKE Tighthead 8/2/1985 Suntory Sungoliath HATAKEYA- Prop A MA SHOJI 12/2/1980 Kobelco Steelers Lock ITO P LUKE THOMP- 4/16/1981 Kintetsu Liners Lock SON Blindside JUSTIN IVES 5/24/1984 Canon Eagles A Flanker Openside MICHAEL 10/7/1988 Brave Lupus N LEITCH (C) Flanker HOLANI RYU KO- 10/25/1981 Wild Knights Number 8 LINIASHI FUMIAKI 1/3/1985 Wild Knights Scrum-Half TANAKA HARU- MICHI 12/2/1989 Kubota Spears Fly-Half TATEKAWA KENKI 9/7/1992 Univ. of Tsukuba Wing FUKUOKA 9 NAME DOB CLUB TEAM POSITION YU 1/9/1989 Green Rockets Inside Center TAMURA MALE Outside R 10/13/1987 Yamaha Jubilo SAU Center AKIHITO 7/26/1985 Wild Knights Wing O YAMADA AYUMU GOROMA- 3/1/1986 Yamaha Jubilo Full-Back S RU HISATERU HIRASHI- 1/15/1983 Kobelco Steelers Front-row MA TAKESHI T 7/15/1988 Kobelco Steelers Front-row KIZU HIROSHI YAMASHI- 1/1/1986 Kobelco Steelers Front-row E TA SHINYA 3/26/1987 Suntory Sungoliath R MAKABE HITOSHI 5/6/1978 Brave Lupus ONO HENDRIK 12/13/1987 Suntory Sungoliath TUI ATSUSHI 5/22/1987 Suntory Sungoliath HIWASA TOSHIAKI 10/17/1981 Brave Lupus HIROSE 10 The Great AMERICAN SALUTE #SALUTE BUDWEISER.COM/SALUTE ©2014 Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser® Beer, St. Louis, MO Brand:RWB American Salute Closing Date 5.24.14 Trim: 8x10 Item #:OBW201410586 QC: sm Bleed: 8.25x10.25 Job/Order #: 263122 Publication: USA Rugby Live: 7.625x9.625 DOLAN: “i’ll go ‘til the motor stops” n ice skates, Cameron of 2008, his senior year of high school, year, prompting Dolan to get in contact Dolan would be a couple of Dolan reconnected with O’Leary at a with O’Leary. inches taller than his already U18s camp. towering, 6-foot-6 frame. Dolan took the fall off, working and Luckily, ice hockey in Florida “I saw Sean and I said, ‘Hey, I want to go training with the club team, instead of was not as popular as it is now. to college, but I want to be able to play beginning his collegiate career. Without oDolan played hockey growing up in rugby,’” Dolan recollected. “’What’s your an undergraduate program, he was free Estero before realizing it would be take on that?’ to travel to Kenya with the U20s in the difficult to become a professional spring of 2009 for the IRB Junior World while playing in the Sunshine State. He The current Notre Dame Rugby Coach Rugby Trophy. Dolan captained the team tested his developing athletic abilities told Dolan he would recommend him to a second-place finish in its first year of on the baseball diamond and American to Life University Director of Rugby Scott the competition and returned home to football gridiron, but none of the sports Lawrence, who was overseeing exciting good news: former Eagle Dan Payne was the young Eagle played captured the growth in the Marietta, Ga., school’s club bringing an undergraduate program to passion he felt when he first went to program. The Running Eagles won the Life. rugby practice. Division I National Championship that “I saw Sean and I said, ‘Hey, I want to go to college, but I want to be able to play rugby,’” Dolan “When I entered freshman year of high school, it was my school’s first year of existence,” Dolan said. “Then they started up a rugby team. I heard about it but didn’t really play or anything or watch any of the games. Come junior year I checked it out and went to practice. “It was kind of like all of the sports I had played put together. You’re able to be versatile, use your size, you had to be quick, you had to be athletic, you had to be agile. It all took off pretty quickly from there.” Dolan proceeded through the USA Rugby All-American ranks with the U17s – coached by Sean O’Leary – in 2007 and the U18s a year later. During the spring 13 “He had good success at San Diego State, University – sent the Running Eagles No less than six current Eagles were in the and he wanted to use the resources that home in the semifinal.
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