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.