The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the governing body for rugby union in England. It was founded in 1871, and was the sport's international governing body prior to the formation of what is now known as World Rugby (WR) in 1886. It promotes and runs the sport, organises international matches for the England national team, and educates and trains players and officials.
The Scottish Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873, as the Scottish Football Union. The SRU oversees the national league system, known as the Scottish League Championship. The SRU is headed by the President and Chairman, with Mark Dodson acting as the Chief Executive Officer. Bradbury became the first female president of a Tier 1 rugby nation upon her appointment on the 4th August 2018.
USA Rugby is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. Its role is to serve as "the national governing body charged with achieving and maintaining high levels of quality in all aspects of rugby." USA Rugby is responsible for the promotion and development of the sport in the U.S. and promotion of U.S. international participation.
Rugby union in the United States is a growing national sport. Rugby union at the youth, high school, college, club, and international levels is governed by USA Rugby. There are over 125,000 players registered with USA Rugby as of 2016. Over 2,500 rugby clubs exist around the country, with college rugby being the most popular.
The Brazil national rugby union team, nicknamed Tupis, is controlled by the Confederação Brasileira de Rugby. Brazil is one of the founding unions of CONSUR and played in the inaugural South American tournament. Brazil has not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but participated in the first edition of rugby 7s in the Olympics. Brazil currently ranks 3rd in South America and 5th in the Americas region.
The New York Athletic Club Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in New York City that is affiliated with the New York Athletic Club.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been home to many teams and events in professional, semi-professional, amateur, college, and high-school sports. Sports are a huge part of the culture of the city and the Greater Philadelphia area. Philadelphia sports fans are considered to be some of the most knowledgeable fans in sports, and are known for their extreme passion for all of their teams. Philadelphia fans, particularly Phillies and Eagles fans, are also known for their reputation of being the "Meanest Fans in America".
Santa Monica Rugby Club is a rugby union club from Santa Monica, California, United States.
The club teams, known as the Dolphins, compete in the Southern California Territorial Union (SCRFU), fielding teams in the following divisions: Division 1 (men), Division 1 (women), Division 2 - White (men), U18 boys, U16 boys, U14 boys, U12 boys, U10 coed, and U8 coed. Santa Monica's top men's team competes in the Pacific Rugby Premiership competition: the top club rugby competition in the United States.
The United States women's national rugby union team was officially formed in 1987. The team is known as the Eagles.
The Alamo City Rugby Football Club is an American rugby union club that is based in San Antonio, Texas. Alamo City RFC plays in the Texas Rugby Union Men's Division 2 league. Home matches are held at the Bowie Field rugby pitches located inside Brooks Park in southeast San Antonio, TX. The nickname for Alamo City Rugby is "The Defenders".
England national rugby team may refer to:
The Maryland Exiles is an American rugby union team in Bethesda, Maryland that competes as a member of Division I, Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union (MARFU) under the USA Rugby governing body. The team fields both a standard 15-man squad and seven-a-side squad. The team has competed abroad in England, Sri Lanka, and the Cayman Islands. The Maryland Exiles have been featured in the Washington Post, The Virginian-Pilot, International Rugby News, and on the cover of Rugby Magazine.
Andrew Suniula is a rugby football player who plays rugby union as a centre for the United States national team and has played professional rugby league. Suniula is signed to the Austin Elite Major League Rugby team.
Team USA or United States national team may refer to any of a number of sports team representing the United States in international competitions.
Shalom Suniula is an American Samoan rugby league and rugby union footballer for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby. He played representative level rugby league for the New Zealand Junior Kiwis national rugby league team, and at club level for Souths Logan Magpies, and played representative level rugby union (RU) for United States, United States national rugby sevens team, and at club level for Belmont Shore RFC, as a scrum-half, or fly-half. He has played for the United States national rugby sevens team in the IRB Sevens World Series since 2008. Suniula is a talented play maker who is known for his dangerous side step.
The United States women's national rugby sevens team is one of the "core teams" that competes in all rounds of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series. The team has been a core member since the inaugural women's series in 2012–13. The team finished second at the 2015 USA Women's Sevens, after defeating Russia in semifinals.
Infinity Park is a sports stadium in the Denver enclave of Glendale, Colorado, and was formerly the unofficial home stadium of the United States national rugby union team. The stadium has a seating capacity of 5,000 people. The stadium opened in 2007, at a cost of $22.5 million. It is the first rugby-specific, municipally-owned stadium in the United States.
The 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens was the seventh edition of the Rugby World Cup Sevens. Organised by World Rugby, it was held at AT&T Park, now known as Oracle Park, in San Francisco, United States. A total of 84 matches were played over three days from July 20–22, 2018. The men’s tournament had 24 teams and the women’s tournament 16, with both tournaments being played for the first time in a knock-out only format.
New Zealand won the championship for both events — defeating England in the men's final and France in the women's final.
Hope Rogers is an American rugby union player. She debuted for the United States against France in June 2013. She was selected for the squad to the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. She made her rugby sevens debut at the 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens.
