About this event
The Wales men’s side will face USA in a friendly international at The Gnoll in Neath on Saturday 17th October (kick-off 3PM BST / 10AM EST / 7AM PST).
It will be just the fourth time that the two sides have met in a senior men’s international. The first two were in Philadelphia in June 1995 where Wales, in preparation for that year’s World Cup, beat their hosts 66-10 and a record 92-4.
Then in 2013, USA beat Wales 24-16 in Wrexham to knock the joint hosts out of the World Cup in the group stages.
Wales head coach Paul Berry said: “It’s really exciting for us to have the opportunity to play the USA on home soil. It’s a nation we wouldn’t play too regularly at any level, so we jumped at the chance when we were presented with the opportunity.
“I’m hoping this Autumn, we can build on the work that we started last year and continue to give a number of our younger players more opportunities to play regular senior international matches and expose them to the international stage, which will further accelerate their development both individually and as a group as we progress over the next few years.”
