The USA South Panthers have named their playing roster to tour Europe. On August 25 a 31-man squad and a group of six coaches will meet in Budapest, Hungary to begin a nine day tour of Central Europe.
The tour will see matches played against the test teams from Hungary, Czech Republic and Austria. It will get underway on August 26 with the USA South Panthers facing Hungary at the Városi Szabadidő Központ Sportközpont.
The nine day tour sees Hein Erasmus captaining the side. It follows eight months of planning and sees further international competition for the USA South Panthers following the Rugby Americas North Championship.
USA SOUTH PANTHERS ROSTER
Amro Gouda (NOLA Gold), Austin Dacanay (Tampa Krewe), Ben Foley (Fort Hood), Bradley Yandle (Austin Blacks), Brendan Smith (Birmingham), Calvin Storey (Raleigh), Cameron Tompkins (Western Kentucky), Colton Cariaga (Life University), Cormac Kenan (Southern Pines), David Coleman (Denver Barbarians), David Williams (Chattanooga), Hein Erasmus (Miami Tridents), Ian Lehn (Atlanta Old White), Irving Carcamo (Charlotte), Jamal Hadley (Old Blue), Jarrett Gartin (Atlanta Old White), Jason Riekena (Life University), John Bryant (Charleston), Jordan Gunderson (Denver Barbarians), Keenan Kayser (University of Tennessee), Lucas Baistrocchi (Atlanta Old White), Michael Martínez (Nashville), Nathan Ring (Nashville), Ross Depperschmidt (University of Alabama), Stephen Cappello (Mystic River), Trey Eason (Southern Pines), Waymon Cassell (Nashville), Willis Hardaway (University of Memphis), Zach Blalock (Birmingham), Zach Jessell (Pittsburgh Harlequins), Zach Miller (Southern Pines)