USA 74 v Israel B 0- 2001
Wingate Institute, Herzeliya
USA 74 Israel B 0
1. Frankel 2. Blatt 3. Adoff 4. Kaplan 5. Seitchik 6. Davis 7. Levine 8. Teller 9. Fair 10. Kleiner 11. Berkowitz 12. Bethke 13. Santiago 14. Bronitsky 15. Manheimer
subs: Henkin, Perle, Lieberman, Enochian
The USA looked ahead to its daunting test against South Africa after making light work of Israel’s B side. USA dominated start to finish in what was basically a game of men against boys. Ball handling was very crisp, recycled ball came out quickly from good rucks, and lineouts were smooth. Still, the home team never let up even for a second, and gave the USA’s scrum trouble at times, more so than Israel’s A-side pack. Unfortunately, USA would pay for this easy victory with an injury to up-and-coming winger Micah Bronitsky, who suffered an ACL tear in the first half on one of his many exciting breaks and counterattacks. Pere Berkowitz was named man of match.