The USA U20s will take on the Austin Elite Academy U23s Friday evening in a warmup before the two-match clash with Canada this coming week in Houston.

The USA and Canada U20 teams are looking to qualify for the Junior World Rugby Trophy, and that two-game series in Houston will take care of that. So now USA U20 head coach Scott Bracken is trying to get his team working together under some pressure.

A couple of the USA players have been in the senior USA camp, but were released back to the U20s for this game.

USA U20 Roster: David Ainuu (Toulouse), Daryl Bagley (AIC), Jack Bradfield (Cleveland Westside Rovers), Connor Buckley (Iona), Max Dacey (Glendale Raptors), Kieran Farmer (Houston SaberCats), Ryan James (Glendale Raptors), Justin Johnson (Life University), Campbell Johnstone (Mount St. Mary's), Alec Leddy (Glendale Raptors), Payton Telea-Ilalio (Saint Mary's College), Patrick Madden (Pictured above, David Barpal, Cal Poly), Santi Mascolo (Iona), Stephen McLeish (Lindenwood), Ethan McVeigh (OMBAC Wallabies), Ronan Murphy (Saint Mary's College), Noah Niumataiwalu (St. Joseph's), Quinn Perry (Santa Monica), Devin Short (San Diego Legion), Dillon Shotwell (Sam Houston State)

The Austin Elite team, meanwhile, has its own plans. Under head coach Mason Hering, who also c

"We are all very excited about the opportunity to help the Men's Junior All-Americans prepare for their upcoming matches against Canada," said Hering. "They will bring a tough challenge for us due to their skill level and physicality."

Hering and the Austin program is also looking to develop young players in a high-performance environment. While Austin will provide the USA U20s with a fast, physical encounter, the USA team will provide Austin with a quick, skillfull opponent.

"With a very short run-up to the match working against us, I feel we've put together a quality squad," said Hering. "Several of our guys have had experience in the National Team setup with the All Americans before so they know what level of play is expected."  

Lindenwood standout Chance Wenglewski will captain the squad that has former HS All Americans Griffin Maat, Bobby Butchofsky, Keoni Francis, and Alex Rayton (all Texas HS products) in the lineup.

Austin Elite Academy Roster: Andrew Marsh (Texas A&M, Chance Wenglewski (Lindenwood), Connor Kelly (Texas A&M), Dayton Ames (Trinity), Ed Leimkuhler (Texas A&M), Evan Daugherty (Baylor), Griffin Matt (Baylor), Hunter Buchanan (Oklahoma), Jared Elmore (Austin Blacks), Kiowan Jones (Oklahoma), Logan Ronan (Oklahoma), Najee Bissoon (Oklahoma), Parker Vincent (Baylor), Patrick Walters (Texas), Ross Navarro (Texas A&M), Sean LeMasters (Austin Huns), Stewart Morris (Baylor), William Wang (Texas), Bobby Butchofsky (Arizona), Donavan Ronan (Regis University), Keoni Francis (HARC), Alex Rayton (Arizona), Brandon Wright (Denver University), David Harrison (Texas State), Cameron DiLoreto (Georgia)