Eagle Manoa to take on All Blacks

Samu Manoa will take on New Zealand on Saturday with a USA side which includes five Premiership players.
Captained by Todd Clever the Eagles will be able to count on Manoa who starts in the second row alongside Saracens Hayden Smith.
Newcastle loosehead Eric Fry is the other England-based player in the pack while Leicester’s Blaine Scully, on the left wing, and Saracens full-back Chris Wyles are in the back three.
They will be joined by six amateur players in the while Edinburgh’s Brett Thompson is named on the right wing.
“Our selections were based more on how we wanted to play,” said head coach Mike Tolkin. “[The All Blacks] present a big challenge, so worrying too much about them would be counter productive. We had the line-up in place in our heads already and just confirmed it with training this week.”
USA: Chris Wyles; Blaine Scully, Seamus Kelly, Andrew Suniula, Brett Thompson; Adam Siddall, Mike Petri; Eric Fry, Phil Thiel, Olive Kilifi; Samu Manoa, Hayden Smith; Todd Clever (Capt.), Scott Lavalla, Danny Barrett.
Replacements; Tom Coolican, Nick Wallace, Mate Moeakiola, Tai Tuisamoa, Louis Stanfill, Benjamin Tarr, Folau Niua, Troy Hall.