The Warsaw Eagles (1-0) from the Polish League of American Football, head to Vilnius, Lithuania to face the Vilnius Iron Wolves (1-0) in the first game for both teams in the European Super League, ESL.
Both teams play in the Western Division which also includes the Bydgoszcz Archers (Poland), Krakow Tigers (Poland), Ząbki Dukes (Poland) and Kaunas Dukes (Lithuania, Kaunas).
The Eagles opened the season with a 49-0 pasting of the Krakow Tigers while the Iron Wolves handed the Dukes a 46-18 defeat. In the only other game so far in the ESL, the Bydgoszcz Archers demolished the Tigers 51-0.
Warsaw head coach Kirk Mastromatteo has signed Jason Gaines to quarterback the Eagles. Gaines led Spain’s Las Rozas Black Demons to the Spanish League of American Football semifinals in 2018. In the win over the Tigers, Gaines threw four touchdown passes and ran another one in.