U-20: Late penalty seals USA victory
Canada had taken the lead in 76th minute when flyhalf Robbie Povey's penalty flew between the sticks but Cima converted from inside his own half, having missed a penalty 90 seconds earlier, to give the USA a one-point victory.
Povey's penalty looked to have given Canada the win after they had been shutout the entire second half until that point, while managing to stay in check despite Trenton Cooper's yellow card, which came from a kick-off after Lorenzo Thomas' try had given the USA a 16-15 lead in the 50th minute.
Cima opened the scoring in the third minute with a penalty but Canada grabbed the first try of the game, as Cooper went over in the corner after Povey's stretch pass in the 10th minute. Cima slotted two penalties in as many minutes to push the USA 9-5 ahead before Povey kicked his first penalty of the night in the 32nd minute to cut the lead to 9-8.
Canada struck right on half time though as Peter Milazzo, who had replaced an injured Conor Keys earlier in the half, powered through the USA line after taking a pop pass from lock Reegan O'Gorman.
Scorers:
For the USA:
Try: Thomas
Con: Cima
Pens: Cima 4
For Canada:
Tries: Cooper, Milazzo
Con: Povey
Pens: Povey 2
Teams:
USA: 15 Mitchell Wilson, 14 Tyler Sousley, 13 Lorenzo Thomas, 12 Brian Hannon, 11 Deion Mikesell, 10 Ben Cima, 9 Louis Mulholland, 8 Hanco Germishuys (captain), 7 Brennan Falcon, 6 Uki Taumoefolau, 5 Malon Al-Jiboori, 4 Sean Coleman, 3 Nick Kwasniewski, 2 Steven Branham, 1 Connor Cudeback.
Replacements: 16 Zachary Haley, 17 Chance Wenglewski, 18 Mason Pedersen, 19 Joshua Warnock, 20 George Fotu, 21 Ruben de Haas, 22 Rodney Giles, 23 Devin Lim.
Canada: 15 Andrew Coe (captain), 14 Trenton Cooper, 13 Phil Berna, 12 George Barton, 11 Theo Sauder, 10 Robbie Povey, 9 Cole Keffer, 8 Luke Bradley, 7 Nakai Penny, 6 Adrian Wadden, 5 Conor Keys, 4 Reegan O'Gorman, 3 Matt Tierney, 2 Andrew Quattrin, 1 Cali Martinez.
Replacements: 16 Conor Sampson, 17 Brendan Blaikie, 18 Curtis Delmonico, 19 Matt Beukeboom, 20 Peter Milazzo, 21 Keaton Porter, 22 Mitch Richardson, 23 Aaron Evison.
