{"id":842636,"date":"2026-08-04T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/842636\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:42:10","slug":"seawolves-star-coetzer-joins-usa-squad-for-argentina-xv-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/842636\/","title":{"rendered":"Seawolves star Coetzer joins USA squad for Argentina XV match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seattle Seawolves star Davy Coetzer has been included in a 31-man USA XV squad to prepare for the upcoming match against an Argentina XV. The group has congregated at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, ahead of the August 15 match to be played at Inter Miami FC Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<p>Coetzer has been one of Major League Rugby\u2019s top talents since arriving in Houston just ahead of the 2022 campaign. After four seasons with the SaberCats he joined the Seawolves in 2026. The 27-year-old flyhalf previously represented South Africa at the World Junior Championship but will have satisfied the five-year registration requirement to play for the Eagles in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>With the match not considered to be binding for eligibility, Anthem hooker Campbell Robb is also included. The 23-year-old New Zealander will be fully US-qualified in September.<\/p>\n<p>Earning a first-time call-up to a senior USA squad is Hartpury University scrumhalf Spencer Huntley. The San Diego Mustangs product toured with the USA u23s to South Africa in 2025. California Legion pair Ma\u2019ake Muti and Cassh Maluia are other uncapped inclusions along with Old Glory winger John Rizzo. All three were part of the senior Eagles squad for last month\u2019s test series.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to the group after missing out in July are loosehead props Faka\u2019osi Pifeleti and Payton Telea-Ilalio, second row Tevita Naqali, blindside flanker Marno Redelinghuys, flyhalf or inside center Tom Pittman, and wingers Joe Mano and Noah Brown. Mano was initially selected for the Nations Cup tests but missed out with injury.<\/p>\n<p>Players currently on pro deals overseas were not available for selection. Hooker Shilo Klein\u2019s contract with Zebre Parma concluded at the end of the URC season. Midfielder Dom Besag is set to join the Sharks in South Africa later this year. Huntley is the only other inclusion based outside of MLR.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LOOSEHEAD PROP<br \/>Ma\u2019ake Muti (California Legion) uncapped<br \/>Faka\u2019osi Pifeleti (Chicago Hounds) 1 cap<br \/>Payton Telea-Ilalio (Anthem RC) 7 caps<\/p>\n<p>HOOKER<br \/>Shilo Klein (Zebre Parma, IT) 9 caps<br \/>Campbell Robb (Anthem RC) uncapped<\/p>\n<p>TIGHTHEAD PROP<br \/>Charlie Abel (Chicago Hounds) 1 cap<br \/>Alex Maughan (Anthem RC) 9 caps<br \/>Tonga Kofe (California Legion) 9 caps<\/p>\n<p>SECOND ROW<br \/>Jason Damm (California Legion) 18 caps<br \/>Nathan Den Hoedt (Chicago Hounds) 3 caps<br \/>Brandon Harvey (Chicago Hounds) 4 caps<br \/>Tevita Naqali (Old Glory DC) 9 caps<\/p>\n<p>BACK ROW<br \/>Makeen Alikhan (Anthem RC) 8 caps<br \/>Benjam\u00edn Bonasso (Old Glory DC) 13 caps<br \/>Marno Redelinghuys (Seattle Seawolves) 9 caps<br \/>Paddy Ryan (Seattle Seawolves) 21 caps<br \/>Lance Williams (California Legion) 1 cap<\/p>\n<p>SCRUMHALF<br \/>Ruben de Haas (Chicago Hounds) 47 caps<br \/>Spencer Huntley (Hartpury University, UK) uncapped<br \/>Ethan McVeigh (New England Free Jacks) 9 caps<\/p>\n<p>FLYHALF<br \/>Luke Carty (Anthem RC) 27 caps<br \/>Davy Coetzer (Seattle Seawolves) uncapped<\/p>\n<p>MIDFIELD<br \/>Dom Besag (Saint Mary\u2019s Gaels) 21 caps<br \/>Tavite Lopeti (Chicago Hounds) 29 caps<br \/>Cassh Maluia (California Legion) uncapped<br \/>Tom Pittman (Anthem RC) 3 caps<\/p>\n<p>OUTSIDE BACKS<br \/>Noah Brown (Chicago Hounds) 1 cap<br \/>Joe Mano (California Legion) 2 caps<br \/>Mark O\u2019Keeffe (Chicago Hounds) 5 caps<br \/>John Rizzo (Old Glory DC) uncapped<br \/>Julian Roberts (Anthem RC) 3 caps<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usa-xv-injured-unavailable-argentina-xv-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"565\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seattle Seawolves star Davy Coetzer has been included in a 31-man USA XV squad to prepare for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,43118,760,234606,85],"class_list":["post-842636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-major-league-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-world-cup-men","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}