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Paul Rees: USA in search of a springboard

Paul Rees looks at the problems facing the game in the USA and wonders what World Rugby can do about it.
Duhan van der Merwe runs in to score for Scotland in their recent 85-0 victory over USA

Paul Rees looks at the problems facing the game in the USA and wonders what World Rugby can do about it.

Six years before they hosted the 2019 World Cup, Japan defeated Wales in Tokyo to record their first victory over tier one opposition.
They built on it, overcoming South Africa in Brighton two years later and then reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament they hosted.
On the same weekend that Japan overcame Wales, who were some way below strength with most of their first-choice players in Australia with the Lions, the United States hosted Ireland in Houston and came close to achievi...

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