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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.
USA Rugby oversees 1,200 high school teams, 900 college teams, 700 senior club teams, and 400 youth teams. [3] It administers all United States national teams: senior men's and women's teams, sevens teams for both men and women, and under-20 national teams for both sexes.
PARIS — A big second-half surge and Perry Baker's four tries led the United States to a 33-17 rugby sevens victory over Uruguay on Thursday, keeping American medal hopes alive.. Team USA came ...
The United States national rugby union team has played in all but two Rugby World Cups since the inaugural tournament in 1987.The USA is the second strongest national rugby side in North America, and the third strongest in the Americas after Argentina and Canada.
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.
There are other variations like beach rugby and touch rugby that allow for other entry paths into the game. Rugby 7s made its Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, where the U.S. women finished ...