USA Eagles lose to Harlequins in Wallabies warm-up

The USA Eagles have been beaten by English Premiership side Harlequins 24-19 in their final match ahead of next Saturday's historic Test against the Wallabies in Chicago. With former Waratah Greg Peterson starting the match at lock, the Eagles led 11-0 midway through the first half following a try to centre Thretton Palamo. Harlequins hit back with tries to Karl Dickinson and Luke Wallace to take a 14-11 lead to half time, but the Eagles levelled the scores with a penalty in the 60th minute. The visitors crossed again on the back of a driving maul to take a 24-14 lead late in the match, before a consolation try to Zach Test brought the final score to 24-19. “We dominated the first 20 minutes then we took our foot off the gas,” Test said after the match. “That’s just our development: putting our foot on the pedal for 80 minutes – not one minute off.”   “Scoring that try really isn’t anything for me; it was a great effort by the boys,” Test said. “W
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