| UNITED STATES 43 | V | URUGUAY 9 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Updated 18.02.2009 | |||||||
| VENUE: Rio Tinto Stadium, Salt Lake City | DATE: 8 November 2008 | SPECTATORS: 5,060 | |||||
| REFEREE: Romain Poite (France) | HALFTIME: 7-9 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Clever, Wyles, DeBartolo, Ngwenya, Emerick, Erskine | TRIES: | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Hercus (4), Malifa | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Hercus | PENALTY GOALS: Arocena (3) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Christopher Wyles | Saracens, England | 15 | Jeronimo Etcheverry | Carrasco Polo | ||
| 14 | Takudzwa Ngwenya | Biarritz, France | 14 | Francisco De Posadas | Old Boys | ||
| 13 | Paul Emerick | Parma, Italy | 13 | Joaquin Pastore | Old Boys | ||
| 12 | Junior Sifa (22) | Midleton | 12 | Juan Martín Llovet | Old Christians | ||
| 11 | Gavin DeBartolo | Eastern Suburbs | 11 | Francisco Bulanti | Trebol | ||
| 10 | Mike Hercus (21) | IBM, Japan | 10 | Matias Arocena | Old Christians | ||
| 9 | Michael Petri (20) | New York Athletic Club | 9 | Juan Campomar (Capt.) | Old Boys | ||
| 8 | Patrick Quinn | Denver Barbarians | 8 | Ignacio Conti | Carrasco Polo | ||
| 7 | Todd Clever (Capt.) | Xerox Lions | 7 | Gonzalo Peyrou | Champagnat | ||
| 6 | Inaki Basauri (19) | Agen, France | 6 | Martín Espiga | Old Christians | ||
| 5 | John Van der Giessen (18) | Denver Barbarians | 5 | Juan Miguel Alvarez (18) | Carrasco Polo | ||
| 4 | Hayden Smith | Saracens, England | 4 | Enrico Laitano | Carrasco Polo | ||
| 3 | Matekitonga Moeakiola (17) | Pukekohe RFC, New Zealand | 3 | Mario Sagario (17) | Carrasco Polo | ||
| 2 | Mark Crick (16) | Pontomac Athletic Club | 2 | Carlos Arboleya (16) | Trebol | ||
| 1 | Mike MacDonald | Leeds Carnegie, England | 1 | Rodrigo Sanchez | Carrasco Polo | ||
| 16 | Joseph Welch (2) | California Golden Bears | 16 | Nicolás Klappenbach (2) | Champagnat | ||
| 17 | Shawn Pittman (3) | San Francisco Golden Gate | 17 | Juan Rombys (3) | Trebol | ||
| 18 | Alec Parker (5) | Gentlemen of Aspen | 18 | Matias Fonseca (5) | Los Cuervos | ||
| 19 | J.J. Gagiano (6) | Univ.of Capetown RFC, South Africa | 19 | Santiago Vilaseca (7) | |||
| 20 | Chad Erskine (9) | Rotherham, England | 20 | Manuel Martinez | Old Christians | ||
| 21 | Valenese Malifa (10) | Belmont Shore | 21 | Nicolas Morales | Trebol | ||
| 22 | Salesi Sika (12) | Bezires, France | 22 | Leandro Leivas | Old Christians | ||
| HEAD COACH: Scott Johnson | HEAD COACH: Guillermo Garcia | ||||||
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| MATCH NOTES Sifa, Smith, Gagiano, Welch and Pittman were all making their test debuts for United States. Erskine last played for USA v South Africa at the 2007 Rugby World Cup as did veteran Parker. Basauri last played for USA v Tonga, also at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Quinns’ only test for the USA was v England Saxons, June 2007. Erskine scored his first try for the United States. Etcherrery, Fonesca, Laitana, Leivas, Martinez and Vilaseca were making their test debuts for Uruguay. Sources http://www.americanrugbynews.com/artman/publish/eagles/Eagles_beat_Uruguay.shtml http://www.scrum.com/england/rugby/match/25745.html |
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