The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy U16 and U17 teams have been named for next week's tour of British Columbia.

The EIRA teams will play the BC U16s and U17s on the campus of the University of British Columbia, with the western HS All Americans playing the BC U18s in a repeat of last year's tour. In 2016, the two EIRA teams and the HS All Americans swept their Canadian opposition.

Reports from 2016

EIRA U16s Win Game 1   

EIRA U17s Win Game 1

EIRA U16s Complete Sweep

EIRA U17s Complete Sweep

Several of the 2016 U17s have gone on to national honors from the press or from the HS All Americans, or both. Interestingly, only one player on the U17 team returns from the 2016 U16 team, Granite Bay second row forward Dante Bandoni. So this is a very new group.

Most of the players were selected from the western half of the USA, with another group touring Ireland later this month, and then still another, more eastern, group playing in Ontario. Howeever, several players from the Midwest are on the BC trip because of scheduling conflicts.

Team	FIRST	LAST	Rugby Club Name	State
U17	Julian	Arteaga	Tri City	CA
U17	Jonah	Auvaa	Rainier Highlanders	WA
U17	Dante	Bandoni	Granite Bay	CA
U17	Jacob	Birkofer	Brownsburg Rugby Club	IN
U17	William	Chevalier	Neuqua Wildcats Rugby Club	IL
U17	Alexander	Evans	Granite Bay	CA
U17	Aizak	Fido	South Bay Youth Rugby	CA
U17	Jonathan	Haley	Pasadena RFC	CA
U17	Karl	Keane	Eastside Lions Youth Academy	WA
U17	Isaia	Lotawa	Eastside Lions Youth Academy	WA
U17	Andrew	Martinez	Granite Bay Rugby	CA
U17	Matthew	McCarthy	Boulder Lions Rugby Club	CO
U17	Miles	McCormick	Aztec Warriors	CA
U17	Ronnie	McElligott	SFGG	CA
U17	Cian	Messner	Penn HS	IN
U17	Cyprian	Miller	Phoenix Firebirds	AZ
U17	Elias	Ramirez	Jesuit Rugby club	CA
U17	Kurt	Sakata	Back Bay	CA
U17	Carson	Shoemaker	Arrowhead Berserkers RFC	AZ
U17	Jonah	Tavai	Los Angeles	CA
U17	Sam	Tipple	Back Bay	CA
U17	Bryce	Van Order	Granite Bay Rugby	CA
Team	FIRST	LAST	Rugby Club Name	State
U16	George	Baron	Saint Thomas Aquanis - KS	KS
U16	Jacob	Cortinas	Peninsula Green RFC	CA
U16	Jack	Flanagan	Phoenix Firebirds	AZ
U16	Alex	Geisert	Liberty North High School	MO
U16	Luca	Gillespie-Brown	Peninsula Green RFC	CA
U16	Brayden	Goodnight	Brownsburg	IN
U16	Jonathan	Hammond	West Shore United	TX
U16	Triston	Haverty	Granite Bay Rugby	CA
U16	Viliami	Hopoi	CP Harlequins	CA
U16	Braiden	Manusina	Arrowhead Berserkers	AZ
U16	Jacob	McDonald	Aztec Warriors	CA
U16	George Henry	Miller, V	Jesuit High School	CA
U16	Jake	Negrete	San Joaquin Memorial High School	CA
U16	John	Nelson	Temecula Rugby	CA
U16	Lucas	Pattinson	Back Bay	CA
U16	Marcus	Pinzon	North County Youth Rugby	CA
U16	Dylan	Richardson	Corona Hawks	CA
U16	Mavaeganailetai	Roberts	South Bay Spartans	CA
U16	Edwin	Sanderson	Granite Bay Rugby	CA
U16	Max	Schumacher	Jesuit High School	CA
U16	Jake	Stone	San Diego Aztecs	CA
U16	Colin	Turner	Back Bay	CA
U16	Ethan	van Tonder	Rocky Mountain RFC	ID
U16	Peyton	Wall	Leo Lions Rugby	IN
U16	Gabriel	Wegge	OMBAC	CA
U16	Ben	Wierenga	Valley Center High School	CA