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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 ...
USA Rugby was formally organized in June 1975 and fielded its first men's national team on January 31, 1976 in a test match against Australia—a 24–12 defeat. [3] Robbie Bordley served as team captain in this first match, [26] and in the team's first modern-era test match against France on June 12, 1976.
The USA Rugby League (formally the US Association of Rugby League, Inc.) is the national governing body for rugby league in the United States.. The organization is responsible for running the domestic club competitions and the United States national rugby league team in addition to other responsibilities.
The United States national rugby league team represents the United States in international rugby league competitions. The team is managed by the USA Rugby League (USARL).. The United States competed with little success in some international games during the 1950s, but did not return to consistent competition until 1987.
Rugby Super League, organized and sanctioned by USA Rugby, was the premier national level of men's club competition in the US. [53] It was founded in 1996, but ended play as of 2012 following the Great Recession . [ 54 ]
USA Rugby has since January 2012 provided full-time salaried contracts to players. Previously, players had been part-time semi-pro players paid a stipend for their participation. USA Rugby CEO Nigel Melville stated that a full-time sevens team is a crucial step as USA Rugby prepares for rugby's return to the Olympics in 2016.
USA Rugby fields other national teams. The men's national rugby sevens team has been a "core team" that has participated in every tournament since 2008 of the annual World Rugby Sevens Series. The women's national team has reached the quarterfinals of every Women's Rugby World Cup, and won the inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup in 1991.
The USA Selects' best results in the ARC were their second-place finishes in 2013 and 2014. [4] In April and May 2015, the Select side were used for the United States 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches in South America, as part of the Eagles 2015 Rugby World Cup preparations. [5]