{"id":639009,"date":"2026-06-14T23:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639009\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T23:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:39:08","slug":"sam-underhill-could-play-for-usa-at-rugby-world-cup-page-2-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639009\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Underhill could play for USA at Rugby World Cup &#8211; Page 2 of 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3. Joe McCarthy<\/p>\n<p>Ireland lock\u00a0Joe McCarthy\u00a0was born in New York before moving to Ireland as a youngster.<\/p>\n<p>The Leinster second-row has developed into one of the most exciting forwards in world rugby and is expected to play a major role for Ireland over the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>However, his American birth means the possibility of representing the USA remains available under World Rugby\u2019s eligibility rules.<\/p>\n<p>4. Jeremy Loughman<\/p>\n<p>Munster and Ireland prop\u00a0Jeremy Loughman\u00a0was born in Reno, Nevada, before relocating to Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The loosehead has become a regular member of Ireland\u2019s squad and brings valuable experience at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>By the time 2031 arrives, Loughman could provide the USA with much-needed know-how in one of rugby\u2019s most demanding positions.<\/p>\n<p>LATEST RUGBY NEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3. Joe McCarthy Ireland lock\u00a0Joe McCarthy\u00a0was born in New York before moving to Ireland as a youngster. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-639009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}