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At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, a United States rugby team (composed largely of players from the University of California and Stanford University) defeated France to win the gold medal. [12] Rugby union was again included in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where the United States defeated France for the gold.
He was born to James and Ellie (née Zietsman). He was a school teacher and married Winifred Ashton. Payn taught at Durban High School from 1915 to 1953. During world war two he was captured in Benghazi, Libya and served time in the Prisoner of War camps in Italy and Poland.
List of United States national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the United States national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a match recognized by USA Rugby as a test match, whether it was played before or after the governing body was founded in 1975. (In rugby union, any match of a ...
USA Rugby is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States, and is a member of Rugby Americas North, one of six regional governing bodies under World Rugby. Until rugby returned to Olympic competition, with sevens at the 2016 Rio Games , the United States was the reigning Olympic rugby champion, having won gold ...
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USA Rugby is the member union of the United States within World Rugby. USA Rugby is responsible for overseeing rugby union domestically and training the various national teams that they put on the pitch. Rugby union started to grow in the United States in the 1960s. The United States of America Rugby Football Union formed in 1975, and joined ...
The so-called Victory Internationals [1] [2] is a list of rugby union matches played in Europe from 1945 to 1946 between British, Irish, New Zealand and French rugby union representatives. During the Second World War , international matches were suspended, with the exception of some matches between Italy, Germany and Romania.