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The All America team that played against Australia in 1912 The United States team that played against New Zealand in 1913. Although the United States of America Rugby Football Union (now known as USA Rugby) was not formally established until 1975, [3] USA Rugby has recognized six matches played before that time as international matches with caps awarded. [4]
The United States men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States of America Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union. 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 ...
Rugby union was a fixture at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and a United States team composed largely of players from Stanford University and coached by Dan Carroll defeated France to win the gold medal, after money was raised in San Francisco to send them to Europe. [12] France playing the USA in the 1924 Olympics final
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Rugby union in the United States (Almost always referred to as simply “Rugby”) is played at youth, high school, college, amateur, professional, and international levels and governed by USA Rugby. There were over 125,000 players registered with USA Rugby as of 2016. [ 1 ]
Played for the United States at the first ever Rugby World Cup in 1987 and scored the first try for the United States in RWC history. Captained the U.S. 7s team to the Plate Championship in 1986. Bob Watkins: 2015: Founding Director of the United States of America Rugby Football Union in 1975 and was a three-term president of USA Rugby.
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The USA Falcons or the USA A national team, formerly known as the USA Selects, is the second national rugby team for the United States, usually used for uncapped matches and domestic club sides. The primary national team is known as the USA Eagles or the United States national rugby union team.