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USA EAGLE ALUM DAN PAYNE APPOINTED USA RUGBY GENERAL MANAGER OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
USA Eagle Alum and former USA Rugby CEO, Dan Payne appointed as General Manager of High Performance following an extensive application and review process. The General Manager role will lead and oversee all aspects of USA Rugby High Performance programs, including the...
USA Rugby High Performance Pathways to host men’s and women’s Talent Identification Camps with World Rugby
Seven camps will be held to identify talent at the U18, U20 and U23 levels with an emphasis on players from non-traditional pathways GLENDALE, CO. (April 8, 2021) - Beginning in May, USA Rugby High Performance Pathways will host seven Talent Identification Camps to...
Lauren Doyle: USA “definitely a force” ahead of Tokyo 2020
Hearing Lauren Doyle talk about appearing at a second Olympic Games, you are left with the impression she has unfinished business on sport’s grandest stage. Doyle was part of the USA team that finished fifth as rugby returned to the Olympics at Rio 2016, losing to New...
USA sevens star Naya Tapper: We want to bring back Olympic gold
As rugby sevens returns from a year-long lay-off in Madrid this weekend, USA star Naya Tapper says she is “super-excited” to be finally back doing what she does best – tearing up the rugby field. More than a year has passed since Naya Tapper and her USA team-mates got...
Major League Rugby 2021: Your club-by-club guide
Major League Rugby (MLR) enters its fourth season in 2021 and represents the highest level of professional club rugby in North America. From a roster of seven teams in its inaugural year in 2018, the competition has grown to 12, and now spans the border between the...
ERIN KENNEDY: CHANGING THE WORLD WITH RUGBY
Thanks to her participation in the IOC’s Young Leaders Programme, American-born Erin Kennedy launched her project, Girls Rugby – which teaches young girls rugby and leadership skills – in her homeland. The programme is now available in multiple locations around the...
The next generation of America’s rugby talent: The forwards
USA Rugby showed competitive flashes at Rugby World Cup 2019, even hinting at an upset against France for 60 minutes. However, the Americans returned to home soil winless and still looking for their first Rugby World Cup victory since 2011. Much has been talked about...
The next generation of America’s rugby talent: The backs
Former Men's Eagles Sevens player and World Rugby commentator, Dallen Stanford, recently picked out the 17 players who could transform USA Rugby’s forward line-up in the years to come. Now his attention has turned to the players who may soon be lighting up the...
RUGBY AMERICAS NORTH APPLAUDS EXPERIENCED MEMBERS NOMINATED TO WORLD RUGBY PANELS
Thursday, December 17 – Rugby Americas North (RAN) would like to congratulate the 16 regional members appointed to the World Rugby Citing, Judicial and Appeals Panels at the recent Special and Interim Meeting on November 18, 2020. “On behalf of Rugby Americas North,...
Jenn Heinrich striving to create opportunities for women and girls “in every corner” of USA
When Jenn Heinrich agreed to join Rugby Oregon as an executive director in 2002 she assumed she would spend a year in the role before gravitating back to “corporate America”. Heinrich had a background in advertising and marketing, but had little experience of rugby....