USA Rugby World Cup Team

The USA rugby team are nicknamed ‘the Eagles‘. The USA have traditionally been regarded as a rugby union minnow, but they have improved over time. The one area that has seen improvement for the USA internationally is in the game of Sevens where the Eagles have impressed on the IRB World Sevens circuit. The average American player has far less rugby experience than most players of the same age in the rest of the world, as rugby union is not a massively popular sport in the US.

The Eagles participate annually in the Can Am trophy match against Canada. There are also the bi-annual Pan American championships, which can also double as the Americas zone World Cup qualifiers.

Competing in international tournaments like the Churchill Cup and the Pan American Championship, as well as specially scheduled matches against world powers such as France and Ireland, the Eagles have qualified for four of the five Rugby World Cups, missing out in 1995. In 1995 the Eagles defeated Canada on Canadian soil, for the first time ever by a score of 15-14.

USA are ranked 13th in the world.

USA Rugby World Cup Betting Information

USA are the Olympic Title holders at rugby union beating France the last time it was held in 1924 in Paris.

USA have played in four of the five tournaments to date winning just two matches, both against Japan.

The highest score the USA has posted is 39 points against Japan in 2003.

Rugby World Cup Pool A - USA Matches